[thomastjeffery]

> However, it's not clear that net neutrality regulation is necessary to maintain such a level playing field.

Yes it is.

> It wasn't necessary in the past.

There have been abuses already. I don't expect ISPs will dive into full-blown abuse immediately, but they will ease their way into it.

> Moreover, there is potential for consumer benefit associated with some kinds of content discrimination

Could you give an example, because I certainly can't think of any.

> The reality is that if the US broadband industry was competitive we wouldn't be having this argument. We should fix that first, then see if we still need net neutrality regulation.

Absolutely! That is exactly the problem I was trying to express. To abolish net neutrality while the market is in this state is clearly a bad idea.

Abolishing net neutrality will not do anything to promote a competition, so it's important that we start finding things that will.