Which is why all the really big tech/Internet companies who already have all their own power and stuff really, really want to keep Net Neutrality around. This comes from the insane people at Salon who are oh-so-supportive of the free market, you know
Killing net neutrality is a death blow for innovation
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On Cyber Monday more than 200 internet companies and businesses including Twitter, Reddit, AirBnB and Tumblr sent a letter to the FCC imploring them to keep net neutrality intact. It stated, “An internet without net neutrality protections would be the opposite of the open market, with a few powerful cable and phone companies picking winners and losers instead of consumers.” This followed Pai’s release of a plan to kill the Obama era rules if he gets the support of the rest of the commission in a vote that is scheduled for December 14.
Net neutrality is an attempt to keep the internet on a level playing field. Without the rules, advocates worry that Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) will use tricks like paid prioritization, charging websites and companies more for speed and essentially creating fast and slow lanes online.
And, that’s pretty much their entire case. Which is surprising, since Salon articles tend to go on and on and on and on and on. But, then, Lefties have been given their marching orders, so, they really do not need any pesky details. Just slogans to screech in the streets and on Facebook and Twitter.
There’s really just one question they need to answer: how did the Internet innovate all those years prior to 2015, when there was no NN?
