Remember, every time a Progressive opens their mouth on any policy it will always lead to higher costs and greater regulations and less freedom for us regular folk... Ready to pay more for Internet access? Me neither. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we can expect under the net neutrality rules being pushed by President Obama. Net neutrality may sound harmless, but there would be nothing neutral about this change. ... In short, [broadband providers] can offer -- and charge -- what they want. That’s good for consumers, because it means that in order to compete, they’re always trying to win and keep customers by offering better, faster service at lower rates. ... [N]et neutrality would mean more than a rate hike (which will naturally hit lower-income Americans the hardest). Coming under the FCC’s regulatory thumb would harm innovation and make broadband companies wary of investing in new ways to provide better, faster and cheaper service. ... So let’s see: We’d pay more -- for less. Sounds like a government plan, all right. Here’s a better idea: Leave net neutrality junked on the shoulder of the information superhighway instead. Columnist Ed Feulner
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:10:38 +0000