I saw this on the
Verge site,
The problem with "net neutrality" using Title II regulations was that it set the stage for what the communists, socialists, Marxists and progressive who call themselves democrats actually want. Internet Socialism under which those who use little or no internet data would pay higher rates/taxes to subsidize those who use the most data.
Our current sorry "public transportation system" is the best analogy of what Title II Regulation was intended to accomplish.
There was a time in America when all the buses, trolleys, and such were privately owned and operated, much like the ISP’s and internet service companies are today.
Then, the government, decided to regulate them like "utilities" for the "public good" and one of the first things the government did was mandate that no matter how far the rider was going, no rider would pay any more than any other rider. Let’s call that "ride neutrality". Well when the transportations company owners tried to price the ride high enough to cover the cost of those riders that were riding long distances the people riding short distances complained to the politicians, the politicians then stepped in to, you guessed it, control the price.
To no ones surprise the transportation companies started going bankrupt because the low fares the politicians mandated so they could buy votes from the "poor" were too low to cover the operating costs.
The next step was that the politicians made the transportation company owners an offer they couldn’t refuse. "Sell us your business at pennies on the dollar and we will hire you to run the new government owned "public transportation system".
Now with the "public transportation systems" backed by the full faith and credit of the taxpayers that don’t ride the public transportation, (people like me out in flyby country), the the government unions were free to strike for higher pay for the workers and then rebate some of the dues to the politicians that bankrupted the privately owned companies in the first place.
So, today, every time Joe Biden rides the train from Washington to Delaware he gets a 30%+ subsidy from the people like me out in flyby country who have no choice but to pay the full cost of all our transportation and/or pay higher taxes to pay Joe’s subsidy.
If the politicians and everyone else are actually concerned that the ISP’s might block or throttle their competition and the supporters of internet socialism (net neutrality under Title II by it’s real name) think everyone should have access to high speed service, then all that is needed is for Congress to pass two short laws.
1. No Internet Service Provider will ever block or throttle any legal content in the United States of America.
2. All Internet Service Providers MUST always provide the full advertised service speed to ALL persons paying for the same service plan. No more reduced speed for "network congestion" or "net work management". Failure to do so will require them to prorate the customers bill based on the actual speed of service that was provided.
With these two laws the ISP’s would be prevented from being the gate keepers of a "free and open" internet and they would be free to do what the old transportation company owners were prevented from doing. Charge the heavy users (long distance rider) more so the ISP’s would have the money needed to provide the services they sell to those who don’t use very much data (ride very far.).
Result, the internet stays privately owned and the people that don’t use any or very much would not be charged much higher prices or taxes to subsidize the Joe Bidens (the HD video streamers) of the world.
