Nonsense. Net neutrality doesn't factor in at all. Bad infrastructure problems are not solved by net neutrality. Net neutrality regulation prohibits telcos from

Nonsense. Net neutrality doesn't factor in at all. Bad infrastructure problems are not solved by net neutrality. Net neutrality regulation prohibits telcos from actively throttling certain types of content, traffic to certain sites, etc. It does not require that telcos provide fast connections in general, or that they keep their infrastructure in good condition. It does not require that telcos provide X amount of bandwidth for X amount of dollars per month. Google Fiber is as relevant as it has always been. It's sad that this is even remotely controversial. Why can't pundits look at countries like Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Estonia, Germany, ...the list goes on, and see that regulation and competition can go hand in hand? All that these net neutrality changes will do is prevent existing ISPs from becoming (read: becoming -- most ISPs don't do anything that violates net neutrality right now!) even shittier. It changes almost nothing when it comes to competition. The U.S. is still hilariously out-of-date compared with the rest of the (more-strictly-regulated) industrialized world, and consumers will continue to demand better whether or not there's regulation in place to prevent bottom-of-the-barrel behavior.