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Net Neutrality Is Fiction, No Matter What FCC Does
Companies like Google and Facebook have the edge through capital spending anyway, so let's put the myth to rest.
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I will concede that it gives me the willies to allow more self-determination by the telephone and cable companies. That's what the Federal Communications Commission is doing by wiping away rules that require providers of internet access to treat all online information the same.
Those who have fought for net neutrality rules have held up the basic principle that no one should have an unfair advantage online. Giants like Amazon and the suburban dad inventing a new toy should have the same path to reach us electronically. The idea is Amazon can't pay Comcast Corp. to make sure Americans' web browsers speedily arrive at its toy section, while Comcast sticks the dad in a slow lane.