Umm... they ARE doing this, specifically with Verizon's recent court wins, they've paved the way for subscription-based priority access to sites like Netflix.
Don't misunderstand, I don't want the government anywhere near the reigns of the Internet, but if we're being perfectly honest, the courts are already playing this out behind the scenes. This crap from the FCC is a feint for the real battles going on in Federal courthouses across the nation.
Another horrible liberal idea...but I repeat myself
How long has it been since the Sierra Club was hijacked by the extreme left?
Sorry for the redundancy, there is no left that is not extreme.
But of course it is not in the interests of a bureaucracy to allow the private sector continue doing what the government is perfectly capable of screwing up. After all, the jobs of tens of thousands of pencil and paper pushers are at stake.
This is bull---. Or do you think that Google and Netflix pay the same rate as you or I for their fat pipes?
All this is about is corrupt, monopolistic ISP's who already have a contract to charge these businesses for their fat pipes to be able to charge more for the quality of service that makes those pipes usable.
In other words, a license to break the contracts and steal money for no additional provision of service.
Because we have allowed enormous reconsolidation of the telecom industry, they should be treated again as regulated monopolies.