FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote

Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by tzs on Thursday February 26, 2015 @04:57PM (#9115827)

Suppose my ISP has oversold their bandwidth (which they all, of necessity, do). I'm trying to watch Amazon. My neighbor is trying to watch Netflix. My ISP doesn't have the bandwidth to give us both a good video experience, and so has to choose which of us will get inferior service.

Let's say I only watch video occasionally. My neighbor watches all the time. I consume maybe 5 GB a month. He consumes 1000 GB.

Me and my neighbor have the same tier of service, and are paying the ISP exactly the same amount.

You really don't have a problem if Netflix were allowed to pay my ISP to make sure that my neighbor's video watching gets priority, so he gets a great video performance, and mine sucks?

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by novalis78 on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:52PM (#9116134)

Thank you for the example. However, I thought that's quintessentially part of competition in a free market. Who would prevent netflix from offering a better service, make a deal with another ISP, allow other companies to offer products that fit your consumption and streaming habits better?

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