FCC is trying to end net neutrality. This is what it can look like.

[DonFerrari]

SvennoJ said:

DonFerrari said:
The reality is that when you force eveybody to pay the same even if they don't use all that, is that these people are subsiding the ones that use more... But god forbid free market to make people pay less.

Don't data caps take care of that already?
Here you can get 25 GB per month at 5 Mbps for CAD 33 a month, all the way up to unlimited at 1 Gbps for CAD 145 a month.

Except here ISPs tried favoring certain streaming services by not counting their data usage to your monthly usage rate. That was deemed unfair competition and cracked down on. Seems that only protects free market competition?

Data cap cover the quantity used... but if you can have also a choice on the services and pay less using less or more using more it even out and make people that focus their usage pay less in the end.

In Brazil we have very few ISPs because the regulation prevent competition so they say the neutrality protects the user.... but it protects more the interest of the few companies. Not sure how it goes over there.

But it really isn't much different than having a combo where the "unlimeted" or any higher plan is cheaper when bought with a streaming service.

darkrulier said:

DonFerrari said:
The reality is that when you force eveybody to pay the same even if they don't use all that, is that these people are subsiding the ones that use more... But god forbid free market to make people pay less.

Yeah, but the thing is that 55% of the American population use stream services, that's a lot and with a tiered internet that means more money for ISP's. Realistically who uses the internet just to open emails? 

Even with most people using streaming, the type and consume differs. And we can look at it at 55% getting a raise in their bills or long term they keeping flat and the rest paying less. Technology even end up lowering the cost continually.

VGPolyglot said:

DonFerrari said:
The reality is that when you force eveybody to pay the same even if they don't use all that, is that these people are subsiding the ones that use more... But god forbid free market to make people pay less.

But there are already different rates available based on internet speed.

Yep, but that is only one dimension.