It's government laws preventing companies from interfering in commerce. Where else do you see equivalents to net neutrality? If you're a business in New York, do you have to pay some phone company in California for their customers to be able to call you with any reasonable quality? Of course not. For the Internet networks, the government created it, the government subsidized construction of lines to the tune of billions of dollars, the government granted monopolies, easements and eminent domain. This is not an entirely free-market place we're going into, it's a public utility network run by public resources and private entities who do already profit off of the current neutral system.
Got anything about net neutrality?
What would be interesting would be to see the anti-neutrality crowd post only stuff about net neutrality, instead of confusing things with the unrelated issues of fairness doctrine and universal access.
It is related because the government does not do one thing. Or anything well for that matter. Not that they don't try and in the process stretch their mandate far beyond what was originally specified: "These interests are wide-ranging, including consumer protection in commercial contexts; the development of technological tools to empower users; and speech and democratic participation". So please tell me why you need a government "net neutrality" commission to ensure your "democratic participation" unless somehow you can't post here anymore because your ISP only allows their own brand of forum and not FreeRepublic.