If they collude against some type of speech, and if that collusion irritates people, then it creates a potential market for other providers who don’t irritate people in that way.
OTOH, if the government decides to shut down your speech, you are simply screwed. There is no hope for an alternative.
I think we have to look at what happened today without the commentary.
Let’s say you and I both pay $80/mth for AT&T internet. What the FCC did today was rule that I can’t pay $90/mth for faster internet speed at the expense of YOUR service.
Similarly, the FCC ruled that ISPs can’t charge Netflix more because of their successful business model! And they sure as hell can’t shake them down like Comcast did to Netflix in late 2014!
And that’s not just for Netflix...that’s for Amazon, eBay, MSNBC, Drudge Report, Rushlimbaugh.com, Etsy, Google, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.
The whole “shutting down websites” because of content is a red herring. BUT!!! But, if the FCC didn’t act, ISPs COULD drastically SLOW your service to websites they felt as offensive...or that took too much of their bandwidth.
Although that too is a red herring because it hasn’t happened.