Quote:I've always been under the impression traditional internet providers such as cable and DSL lines are set up like the phone companies. You only have one option but isn't that because it's regulated already? I'm pretty sure the argument was and still is you can't have multiple companies running lines on the counties power line so they limit the access to the power lines to one company per area.

 

In the UK the regulations require companies to lease their networks to competitors at cost.  


Net Neutrality is still important even if we get more competition -- because access to all information should be equal.  


Imagine if a business owned all of the roads in the nation.  Now imagine if they were able to shut down roads so that people wouldn't use stores they didn't want them to use (or that they were in competition with).  That's essentially what a slow lane will be.

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