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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"?

obviously. this may become widely popular for people we don't know how consumers will react to these choices

but it's very likely that a "NetZero" plan will be offered, which will be VERY good for poor people

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It's not about "cost", it's about "pricing"

pricing = cost to consumers

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via anti-competitive practices.

so companies contracting with each other with competition in mind = anti-competitive?

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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.

we all know the "worst case scenario". you don't have to repeat it as every response to every argument

this is a possible outcome, but not guaranteed by any means.

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but decidedly anti-consumer.

this is all in the eye of the beholder

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Posted by Korkstand

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 2:40 pm to SlowFlowPro

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obviously. this may become widely popular for people we don't know how consumers will react to these choices

but it's very likely that a "NetZero" plan will be offered, which will be VERY good for poor people

Why don't the big ISPs already offer "netzero" plans? Considering Americans already pay much more for internet service than most of the developed world, exactly how much will our rates have to go up before they can start subsidizing these cheap plans?

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so companies contracting with each other with competition in mind = anti-competitive?

"With competition in mind"? Wtfrick does that mean? Comcast contracting with Netflix to the detriment of other services is anti-competitive, no doubt about it.

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we all know the "worst case scenario". you don't have to repeat it as every response to every argument

This "worst case scenario" is the smart business move if it is legal and there is a serious lack of competition. We already see it happening with AT&T and others blocking Google Wallet on mobile in favor of their own payment system.

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this is a possible outcome, but not guaranteed by any means.

Just keep ignoring every time companies do this stuff, and imagine you live in a world where companies do the "right" thing even though the "wrong" thing increases profits.