What does everyone here think of Net Neutrality?

There's a definition here:

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online. In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). The rules prohibit Internet providers from blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization—"fast lanes" for sites that pay, and slow lanes for everyone else.

I support it and think it's important.

It would be nice to see a short statement from the companies that oppose net neutrality if anyone has a link.

I think the term stopped having any meaning the moment politicians got their hands on it.

I think it's a pretty important issue in general. But particularly during this pivotal era of the internet.

As it's becoming more and more a neccisity for everyday life. From paying bills to job applications. More people are using the internet to accomplish everyday tasks.

This makes it particularly valuable to companies who have a hand in legacy entertainment and are struggling to coerce revenue from yhe new forms of media the internet has spawned.

I think it's important, and feel that more people need to know not just about how it could effect them, but also how to ensure that the internet remains neutral. It will be a constant struggle, but the longer we fight, the easier it will be to continue fighting.

I strongly support it. Internet providers have demonstrated that they want more revenue streams than their core business provides (providing internet service). Some have been caught inserting ads into webpages, hijacking domain lookups to direct traffic to an ad page, blocking sending mail to remote mail servers (must use their mail relay), messing up bittorrent with fake packets and of course throttling the competition's video streams. Some might even call the blocking of servers and incoming ports improper behaviour for a neutral ISP.

Your ISP controls your access to the magical land of cat videos: they have and will abuse that control to extract more money from you.

I'm mixed. On one end, I definitely think we shouldn't have corporations controlling the internet. On the other, this bill transfers powers that nobody should have to the government. I believe we should keep the current laws in the interim, but amend the laws in the future to remove the government's controls.