General Discussion

you may on the verge of getting screwed. If you rely on reaching your customers online, you face the very real possibility that your rates going to get jacked up big time.

If you don't want to believe me, I'd suggest you look at reputable sources from sources that are not in the industry.

I know nothing about your ISP, if it's a big company or some local guy. Maybe your ISP is a saint. But his opinions are not taking the larger implications into account.. It's also possible at some point he too is going to get blindsided by the Big Boys.

The more people use the Internet, the more bandwidth it will require to maintain status-quo levels of service. It is possible to add bandwidth, but that requires the providers to be willing to make the investment.

If instead the ISPs (with Comcast as a defacto monopoly) decide to use that investment to offer fast-lane service for higher prices, then service for everyone who is not in the fast lane will get bogged down over time. The ISPs could -- if there is no regulation -- also decide to deliberately slow down service too, as an "incentive" for us to all pay more.

Maybe -- once we have allowed a non-regulated monopoly to control the Internet infrastructure -- your ISP will have to start paying more for access, and have to pass it along to you.

The amounts could be substantial. And if you are competing against big companies with deep pockets, you may find your ability to reach your customers at usable speed deteriorates unless you dig deep.

Before you poo poo those who are fighting to maintain an open Internet, I'd sugest you do some additional research. And think hard about what it means to turn over the majority of a public resource over to one huge monopoly that does not have the public interests at heart.