Net Neutrality

The problem with your plan is that it doesn't work if *no* ISP offers net neutrality.

ISP's have been lobbying to have the rule removed. How is that not making a move on net neutrality? The ISP's have had a huge advantage in their lobbying efforts in that so many people have not ever heard of net neutrality while so many others have been convinced it's a government takeover. If the ISP's had already implemented everything they want to do while the FCC was still asking for opinions from the public, then there'd be a big outcry from all those customers who (using a hypothetical example) can't get to target.com anymore because their ISP has a contract with Wal-Mart. (I'm not beating up on Wal-Mart. It could just as easily be Target that makes the contract with the ISP.) Like you said earlier, businesses care about the bottom line. The ISP's are looking to increase their bottom line by charging both their users and the businesses that want access to those users. That could come in the form of exclusive contracts which would prevent the user from visiting the competitors of the contract holders, or it could come in the form of a steep fee that corporations can afford but small businesses can't. I am glad that you understand the importance of net neutrality, but I don't see how the free market is going to preserve it when ISP's are working so hard to eliminate it. Here's a good website for info about the subject: http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Well currently not a single ISP has violated said net neutrality. They have recognized that consumers want it. It would create a market for a new ISP to start up if no one offered it. It will be harder for them to change the way the internet works. They are currently being allowed to throttle down certain sites if they are using high amounts of bandwidth. Netflix and Hulu for examples. Comcast is also the only ISP that has been found to of even done this much however this huge issue started on two ISPs not working together Level3 not paying Comcast for taking on the extra amount of flow going to Netflix. So far since the WWW was created not a single ISP has made a move on net neutrality.

Well net neutrality is currently in place but there is a fear right now that it is under attack by companies but the market would be the deciding factor in this. Right now the major threat to the internet could be over zealous copyright laws.

Yes, Dark, things like "Righthaven" who "sue" on behalf of copyright holders just for including a snippet of an article in a blog are nothing but scam artists.

I took the time to read the copyright lable on a CD I purchased. It stated that I had permission to use the CD on one machine and for my own personal use. It could not be played before a group of people even if I did not charge them to listen. I am not as worried about a business coming after me as I am the regulators. Many times they go after the little guy because he/she can not afford to defend them selves.