General Discussion

The US already has worse service than many countries because we don't make a public investment in the infrastructure.

And as the Internet is used more and more for basic information, communication and commerce, there will be a need for more bandwidth, or service will slow down because of the traffic.


And if there is a higher price tag to be able to 1)get your website to operate at a functional level and 2) If usrs have to pay exorbatant fees to get access to faster websites , then the whole purpose of the Internet as an open form of electronic democracy and information infrastructure and backbone of commerce goes down the tubes.

Read about what the ISPs -- who are also forming a monopoly under Comcast -- have in mind and think about if that's what you think would be best of the majority and the economy.

Suppose the telephone companies had the right to drop every other word from your conversation unless you paid exorbitant fees. i dont think you'd like that very much.