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RE: NET NEUTRALITY | Would Repealing Net Neutrality Bring Back Internet Privacy?
Generally I'm usually in favour of deregulation, but in this case three or four large companies have such a huge monopoly over the industry that the repeal of Net Neutrality would hand them a blank cheque to do whatever they want.
If there was actual competition in the ISP marketplace then a company who is committed to neutrality would rise to the top if regulations were repealed, but sadly that is not the case.
First and foremost, not all data is created equal, and restricting them from offering premium broadband services will result in either throttling across the board or service loss. Secondly, creating a regulatory scheme that requires additional regulatory hurdles to starting an ISP does nothing to improve the situation. Treating internet access as a public utility forces new ISPs to file petitions of necessity to the FCC, which is-you guessed it-run by former telecom executives. Thirdly, it effectively subsidizes companies like Youtube and Netflix, as they're the ones that don't want to have to pay extra to ensure they're delivering their content on the highest speed connection possible. Either way, the cost is passed onto the consumer, either at the ISP end or the provider end.
This is just more bad piled on top of an already bad situation. The aim shouldn't be to exacerbate a problem.