By trying to keep the internet free from prioritization, the legislators are killing it how exactly? When your ISP says you have to have the highest tier internet package to stream ANYTHING, you’ll realize how foolish you are.
I’d love to see the look on your face when you call up your ISP and try to get some answers as to why you can’t get to freerepublic anymore. Only to hear - We don’t support that site, we suggest you go to democraticunderground instead, they have priority data flow on our network.
You are dead wrong. This is like dictating to guns and ammo magazine that they may not refuse to print pro-gun control articles. A private infrastructure, administering it’s medium as it best sees fit.
If you are correct, then why are the statist democrats the sole ones pushing for this? Can you point to any other Democrat policy that is designed to advance free speech? Does it strike you as odd that the people who bring you speech codes, fairness doctrines, advocacy for pulling licenses of stations carrying Rush, regulating internet content for accuracy, etc are SUDDENLY worried about the free flow of information?
Last, the flow of service providers is a rush to the bottom, price-wise. If some provider goes too far in a tiered price scheme, that give their competitor a chance to undercut them with a better deal.
Last, please explain how you believe the FCC derives power to regulate a private infrastructure of an internet service provider? Do you similarly believe they should be able regulate what movies are allowed access to HBO? Do you believe a newspaper should be forced to carry content it finds unprofitable?