We have net neutrality today in fact, just not in law.
This battle is about big firms duking it out in the court of public opinion by using FUD about a non-free internet.
Business is important too, and if someone can start a business delivering 100MB fiber to my door for $20 per month but Bing handles all search traffic... so be it. I might very possibly want to buy that service.
Without the freedom to have firms make such deals and offer such services, we're giving up a lot of potential innovation (in services and in pricing bundles).
I don't think there is anything inherently bad about the sorts of contractual restrictions that may arise on the internet vs the rest of the universe.
Good point. But also consider the same thing can happen on the other extreme.
For example say that internet service provider gains a monopoly through its cheap service. Now it can unfairly suppress new search engines by only allowing Bing.
The thing about the net neutrality law would be that it is equally applied across the board. As long as it doesn't unfairly benefit a specific group, it's fair. And it benefits people in general because it prevents companies from leveraging power from short term tactics which have long term negative repercussions on society.
This battle is about big firms duking it out in the court of public opinion by using FUD about a non-free internet.
Business is important too, and if someone can start a business delivering 100MB fiber to my door for $20 per month but Bing handles all search traffic... so be it. I might very possibly want to buy that service.
Without the freedom to have firms make such deals and offer such services, we're giving up a lot of potential innovation (in services and in pricing bundles).
I don't think there is anything inherently bad about the sorts of contractual restrictions that may arise on the internet vs the rest of the universe.