re: Net Neutrality -- What You Need To Know

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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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It is rarely discussed because it has little impact on the discussion. It is one level of one example of tiered internet plans. Is this your attempt at contriving an example of how the elimination of net neutrality could be "good"?

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we are talking about the effects and company policies that emerge

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And there are a million ways that allowing ISPs to shape traffic as they see fit are bad for consumers, and we have yet to hear one valid way that it can be good.

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

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I am not shifting the argument, I am framing the argument in a way that you might be able to understand. Apparently, it still isn't working. Understanding the difference between TV and the internet is vital to understanding why we can't allow ISPs to turn the internet into TV.

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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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It's not about "cost", it's about "pricing" via anti-competitive practices.

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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.

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A success for ISPs, no doubt, but you continue to ignore the obvious consequences of making it perfectly legal for an ISP to degrade or cut off access to Netflix, making the ISP's own video on demand offering more attractive. Or any number of similar business decisions that would be perfectly legal, but decidedly anti-consumer.