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I think it remains to be seen what it means, tbh. I’m not quite celebrating yet. Companies like Comcast have lied and played fast and loose with the truth in the past, I’m not so sure them “freed” so to speak is a good thing. In theory, they could slow access to whatever web site they don’t like. Maybe web site like free republic becomes critical of Comcast, and a user of their service (becasue it is the only high speed service in your city) starts getting “issues” accessing it. In fact, no one really knows what it all will look like let us say, three years from now. Most is conjecture.

again... I would argue the market will correct for that.

if company A start slowing service to netflix or whatever..

word will spread and competitors will pop up claiming uncapped speed access to those sites, and people who want top speed access to those sites will switch providers, or pay more for unrestricted access using current provider.

But why should I for instance... have to subsidize people who want to stream sports events 24-7 on 4 screens? Make those people pay more, and I will gladly pay more for Netflix access, ect.

In fact, no one really knows what it all will look like let us say, three years from now.

I figure it will look like it did about three years ago BEFORE Obama rode in with Net Neutrality and SAVED US from all those robber baron ISPs! You remember the great price drops two years ago, when this great SAVIOR came to pass, right?

My sarcastic point is that Net Neutrality was a solution in search of a problem! PERIOD! Like all things Liberals do, this was designed to ensure that ISPs don't charge Google, YouTube, etc... MORE because more people are accessing their sites...it SPREADS THE WEALTH around, so that we all pay our "fair share" so that everyone can have equally crappy service!

Repealing this makes it so that the ISPs can negotiate with high-traffic service providers to ensure THOSE websites pay for the extra lanes to and from their server, instead of making everyone else equally share the cost of those same lanes (whether you ever visit those sites or not)!