re: Net Neutrality -- What You Need To Know

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That's because there is no middle ground.

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yes, there is. for example, the model where poor people get cheaper, less open internet. that is rarely discussed

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Either every packet is treated neutrally, or they aren't.

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we are talking about the effects and company policies that emerge

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stop laughing and maybe you will understand why the internet has been so vitally important for the last two decades. Precisely because it does not work like television.

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again, you're shifting the argument. comparing how tv and the internet have been implemented is irrelevant

i was responding to an argument that companies have never done...basically what they've been doing for decades. it was a stupid and borderline dishonest argument. that's all it was meant to address. there are other models that restrict content the same. there is no singular content-delivery service

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And it is an extremely scary thought that our only source of unfiltered information might also become filtered.

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i doubt it will become filtered, as much as the filterless internet will just cost more. in theory, this is only an argument about cost

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But if you were honest with yourself, and if you really put some thought into it, you would realize that it really is a black/white topic.

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if power users pay more, middle users make choices based on cost/tiers, and poor people get more access to cheap internet, that can easily be argued to be a success.