These laws will keep privately owned companies, who are not accountable to the public, from limiting and controlling your internet access. Can you imagine trying to log onto, for example, GOP.com one day and getting a blank page because your internet service provider, which is owned by a democratic activist, has been paid by the DNC to stifle republican communication?
If I have a contract that says my internet access will not block content, and the provider does, then there is a violation of contract. There are mechanisms in place to address that.
In addition market competition will cause companies to scramble to give the best service (speed and no GOP filtering as in the example). Wherever competition is week, it is because of government regs, subsidies and favors for particular companies.
That cronyism should be removed instead of more added.
Let the market work.
We are more likely to get censorship by the government than by businesses.
Agree totally with Dar. There is no chance that, to use ar103's example, a carrier would block access to GOP.com. Let's address real problems, where we are right now experiencing discrimination in Internet by search providers, who * have monopolistic control of Internet use; * feel entitled to use our personal information without our consent; * have set up highly profitable business models based on DISCRIMINATING against users in favor of whomever pays them the most. Rather than focusing on battles of the past that are already settled, the net neutrality scope must be expanded to address search.
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