Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
ISPs don't want to differentiate prices "just because." They want to do it because some companies are using a lot more than other companies. Charging customers more for using more is standard. Price gouging startups is a non-issue. We don't see it happen in these sorts of economic spaces.

You are already paying more for more speed if you want more speed. That is what the “ps” in the “MBps or GBps stands for.


Just like a customer pays for connection speed, companies (read: Amazon, Netflix) with servers all over do pay for for their connection speed as well.




The whole world is OK with it as it is now. It is reasonable: if I want to browse faster, I pay more. And yet a few US ISPs aren’t, and these have spent about half a billion dollars over 8 years trying to change this.


http://bgr.com/2017/07/12/net-neutra...ction-july-12/


The gist is this: by the very nature of the market it becomes an oligopoly sooner rather than later, assuming x amount of players.




ISPs are not happy with the status quo. They want more. They want as much profit as they possibly can, double and triple charging for the same service if they can. But its not justa bout that: it’s about the introduction of data caps (There are data caps on mobile, so why not also at home? It just makes sense) and the introduction of zero rating their own services against that cap. Also artificial slowdowns of “unapproved” services. Mafia protection, legally sourced and digitally dished.




Those for Title 2 are arguing that the internet should remain as it is. Those for Destroying Title 2 want ISPs to hold internet services hostage, because profits. The FCCs standard practice is to allow public comments on the issues, because after all, it was an arm of the government designed to protect the consumers. Ajit Pai has clearly stated he just does not give a fuck about any of the comments delivered. The comments section on there is also full of anti title 2 bot comments, and Pai has publicly stated he does not plan into looking into that neither.




The internet is a utility. Much like electricity. Without the internet many of the things we do on a day to day basis just can’t be done.




A proper analogy of what’s happening right now is like holding a particularly large shotgun aiming at your own foot.