What Actually Happens the Day Net Neutrality Is Repealed:
Without net neutrality, ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon will legally be able to conduct their businesses very differently than they do now. For example, they could give preferential treatment to services they directly profit from and block those they don’t, all the while charging internet companies like Netflix additional fees for speedier access to consumers—costs that you can count on being reflected in your monthly billing statement.
While several major ISPs have essentially promised never to do any these terrible, no good, very bad things, they’ve steadily opposed any law that would actually stop them. (Comcast actually deleted its promise after Pai announced the vote, Ars Technica reported Wednesday.)
Publicly, ISPs claim the rules hinder innovation, a talking point frequently echoed by the FCC’s majority. Privately, we’ve learned, stockholders are being told the exact opposite. To be clear, when the FCC says that it is “restoring internet freedom,” it is not talking about your freedom or the freedom of consumers.
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