considering that they didn't try selling the web in packages before the rules were passed, the only reason I could possibly see them doing it now is that pro-NN alarmists freaking out about how they would do something like that indirectly gave them the idea in doing soaka it's your guys' fault
that's the most convoluted 'you're forgeted' i've ever heard
lol
i do wonder if more cities will start exploring the idea of city-owned broadband access like chattanooga did. cities already often own local power, water, gas, and waste, so i don't see why they couldn't own internet access as well. i can't say if i like that idea more or less than cable companies having a local monopoly but it's certainly an idea that would stop companies like comcast from being able to widely implement such Bullstuff
Better idea: nationalize the internet and make it a public utility
Oh god imagine if the UK did that with the Tories anti research laws.
if taking a stuff could be nationalized you'd be on board with it
The problem is that net neutrality is essentially a price control, and as with all price controls, sooner or later there will be shortages. In fact, the entire reason we currently have a duopoly in this country is because of government regulations like this. Barriers to entry on things like cable lines have made the ISP industry extremely non competitive and very hard to get into. So we would just be trying to solve a problem that regulation created with further regulation and as an economist I can't sign off on this.
