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The internet has flourished because of sane peering agreements. Net Neutrality just makes that the standard instead of implied. This goes way beyond just build
by LandoCalrissian 12y ago
The internet has flourished because of sane peering agreements. Net Neutrality just makes that the standard instead of implied.
This goes way beyond just building in costs to your subscribers, what about new start ups with bandwidth heavy ideas? What if Google or Netflix get in a huge fight with Comcast when they can't reach an agreement? Do consumers just lose out on being able to view that content?
It's going to turn the web into a fractured mess like cable television, where everyone has to pay to play and the only winners being giant telecoms.
The way the 'unregulated web' works now will never return, and we will all lose out for it. The argument you are making is purely academic, it will have no reflection of the new bifurcated web that will exist. Where content is completely controlled by gatekeepers demanding tolls at every step of the way.