Access to the Internet is not free. Yeah, you can go to an Internet cafe or Peet's Coffee and get free WiFi, but that does not mean it is free. That just means somebody else is paying for it. So this is the part I never hear people talking about when they argue for Net Neutrality.
Look at the latest uproar with Comcast extorting money from Level 3 to continue carrying the Netflix streaming videos. What does not get mentioned? Comcast customers are already paying Comcast, to get those streaming videos!
So, do you want to pay your Internet service provider to decide what content they will deliver? Or do you expect that having paid them, they will deliver that content to you, at the speed that you have contracted for?
So do something about it. You could start here by telling the FCC that you believe in Net Neutrality.
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