(12-14-2017 05:15 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(12-14-2017 05:14 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(12-14-2017 02:15 PM)dfarr Wrote:  

(12-14-2017 02:13 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  I already informed my ISP that if they attempt to try and charge me for different internet services, I will immediately drop their service.

About the only thing you can do I guess is drop ISP's who try and take advantage of the repeal.

The law has only been there since 2015. I don't see the big deal. The internet worked fine for me in 2014.

beat me to it. The internet was working just fine before net neutrality...

From 2012 on that had been changing, mostly in select areas as opposed to nation wide.

Now, expect it to be nation wide.

The difference is the huge growth of streaming channels and video. Netflix, Sling, Hulu Live TV, etc. are replacing traditional cable TV. My ISP is Spectrum/TWC. I do not have regular cable TV, I use Hulu and Netflix. Now Spectrum has the right to slow down or block video streaming. They can choose to offer their own online steaming service as a replacement, eliminating my choice. They can block access to websites or block apps (think ESPN, History Channel) from operating on "their" internet. This has already happened in Europe.

In case you're wondering why I wouldn't just switch to another service provider, as the linked article above states, "51 percent of Americans only have one ISP to choose from."

Goodbye internet freedom. Welcome Chinese Communist Internet 2017.