re: I wholeheartedly disagree with the Trump administration on getting rid of Net Neutrality

This whole thread has devolved.

Net Neutrality is VERY important to keeping the internet running the way it has.

Right now, you pay a fee and have ALL the internet at your fingertips. It doesn't matter if a site makes money or not, what the service is, etc.

If you do away with it, then ISPs (of which, for most Americans there's only going to be ONE with decent speeds available at your home) will be able to generate huge costs and dictate content.

As far as politics are concerned, remember all that Red that Republicans were proud of during the electoral map for the 2016 election?

Those are the areas that there will be no real competition. Big cities will have fiber, cable and DSL infrastructures that will allow for competition. A resident of LA or NYC will have many options and the ability to see competition.

Small to medium sized towns, even those near big cities, will only have one provider (and maybe a 3 Mb DSL line due to old telephone technologies) with decent speeds. No regulations will protect them from that monopoly.

You might say "that's not a monopoly", and you'd TECHNICALLY would be true, but if the options are (say if we meant electricity instead of internet service):

1.) An electrical company that charges varying rates depending on peak usage, what you use it for (AC? extra 10%, sorry), if your neighbors are using solar or not
2.) An electrical company that only provides X number of amps per minute, so expect some flickering while trying to DVR that LSU game
3.) An electrical company (cellular) where the electricity randomly drops out, and only powers a few devices in the home

So, yes, ISPs anywhere but big cities can easily become monopolies of a type. If your only options to buy food are a Whole Foods that stocks everything, and a Piggly Wiggly that only stocks vegetables that are green... well, that's that.

The thing is, ISPs already make tons of money. No regulation is causing them to LOSE money. This isn't a "we're going to go out of business because the government is forcing us to give free internet to everyone". This is literally the government saying, "Well, we - the government and therefor the American people - invented this thing you're taking advantage of. So we're going to lay down a few guidelines so you don't run amok."