Re:Americans from Both Political Parties Overwhelmingly Supp...
by mikeash on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:07PM
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The postal service already has to serve everyone. So do phone companies. So bringing those up as counterexamples seems odd to me.
I think of net neutrality as "just deliver the mail." ISPs are in the delivery service and they don't care who the stuff is from, who it's going to, or what's in it, they should just deliver the mail.
FedEx doesn't block or slow deliveries from Amazon in an attempt to get me to use their own store. AT&T doesn't block United's ticketing number because they got a better deal from Southwest. Just deliver the mail.
I think of net neutrality as "just deliver the mail." ISPs are in the delivery service and they don't care who the stuff is from, who it's going to, or what's in it, they should just deliver the mail.
FedEx doesn't block or slow deliveries from Amazon in an attempt to get me to use their own store. AT&T doesn't block United's ticketing number because they got a better deal from Southwest. Just deliver the mail.