The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah I'd heard about how bad it is. I just don't get WHY the government wants to do it?? Is it just because they get donations from the internet providers? I mean there must be some "reason" for why they're even considering it?

If it goes through, won't new internet providers just pop up that DON'T restrict people? Then everyone would just sign up with them instead xD

It's not entirely clear why exactly the FCC is reconsidering this but there's a few factors at play that make sense. Firstly, the current FCC chairman is largely anti-net neutrality and the common theory as to why is because he worked for Verizon at one point and Verizon is already kinda breaking net neutrality laws (they're only getting around it because of the wording of the stuff they're doing so it kinda clears on a technicality). In addition, the way American politics works nowadays it's impossible to get elected without accepting corporate money, some of which comes from ISPs. So when something for or against the corporation's interests comes up, that corporation will often "remind" the politician that they funded the politician's ability to get into office so now it's time to pay up by passing or voting against bills that are in the corporation's offices.

That's the thing though, without net neutrality that can't happen. New ISPs already have a difficult enough time because they're fighting against monopolies that can easily out perform these smaller companies bandwidth and price wise. They'll just either buy the new company or run it into the ground because these companies have the money and power to be able to get away with it. And if we lose net neutrality, not only will it be nearly impossible for any new businesses of any kind to function without being charged large fees, but also the ISPs will get even more money from corporations and people to fund more politicians and keep the cycle going.