[notgoodenuff88]

"First of all, I think most are overestimating the effect - as mentioned, many other countries don't have similar legislation."

Because a USA apple is the same as an EU orange?

That is, do other rules they have make it such that they don't need this rule specifically?

"But, the U.S. has almost a monopoly on Venture Capital, a huge concentration of skilled labor in Silicon Valley, a huge internal market, relatively more lenient regulation and many other advantages."

This relies on your first assertion being true: that little will change.

If bandwidth costs rise dramatically, are folks going to be keen to invest in startups with shortened run-ways?

It's not one startup that's doing well, it's SV culture. It's doing far more than the other sectors of the economy, thus the shake down of the entire network by legacy players (GOP being more heavily funded by elder-statesmen if you will, of Comcast, Koch bros...)