Guys, you are arguing over the wrong thing re: Net Neutrality

Yes, packets are packets. 1s and 0s are 1s and 0s. Yes, they should all be treated equally by ISPs. ISPs should be held in check so they don't censor the internet. Not many people dispute that.

The real argument here is HOW to keep them in check. A lot of you want to throw the market out the window and run to daddy government. Only, daddy governmet as created the problem of a lack of options in many areas, which has given the big bad ISPs the ability to charge extra for the packets they want to charge more for. Some of have options, but some don't. I have had 4 different ISPs at my house. I love the current one, Mediacom. Why do I have choice? Because the state and/or local officials her do not hold a death grip on what companies can run lines into my neighborhood.

Imagine that, more government regulation yields less choice and more bullshite from service providers. Less government regulation yields more choice and less bullshite from service providers. This is something most on this board typically agree on when it comes to any other industry. But for some reason, most of you are caught up arguing whether data is data or not.

The answer is not to give a bigger government agency more power to make the system they fricked up even more fricked up. We did this with Obamacare and a number of other industries where people thought daddy government was the answer. They all turned out to be the same result, fewer choices and higher prices. This is no exception.

Use your energy to pressure your state and local governments to open up permitting and expansion by private companies, and you will find a consumer-based market follows. Laying it off to daddy fed will have the exact opposite effect you are looking for.