[richbhanover]

You wrote:

> Why should the video bitrate be dropped because some second rate ISPs are oversubscribing super badly? Isn't all of this totally against the principles of net neutrality?

No. This is entirely separate from net neutrality. That principle says, "No ISP should discriminate on the basis of content."

In the case of an oversubscribed ISP, the "magic of the markets" that so many lobbyists talk about is that you can simply switch to a new provider. Oh, you only have one provider? Tough cookies.