[guelo]

Our government's failure to enact network neutrality is the latest sign that it is completely driven by corporate interests and will work against society's overall interest when there is a conflict. The only way to get any true democracy anymore is by creating mass panic as with SOPA, but it isn't possible to achieve that with every issue, and corporations are tirelessly relentless. I believe that without a functioning government this superpower is in a period of decline which will be characterized by increased authoritarianism and chaos as we go from crisis to crisis.

[JumpCrisscross]

Game of Thrones on Xbox not counting towards data cap -> government failure -> chaos, crisis, and collapse of the present world order

[guelo]

That's funny, but I'm not basing my comment on only this one event.

[spoiledtechie]

If your really interested in doing something about it, I would suggest taking a look at http://rootstrikers.org/

And without a second lost, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc

That video has changed my point of view on the entire subject and has allowed me to start striking at the root.

[spindritf]

Enacting network neutrality rules now sounds a lot like premature optimization. Is anyone really putting up any barriers? There's some haggling over prices, some inefficient routes due to ISP tendency to keep traffic within their network, sure, but that doesn't sound like a convincing argument for government intervention with its own (serious) inefficiencies and heavy handedness.

[driverdan]

Net neutrality isn't the issue, it's a symptom. The problem is government mandated monopolies. Eliminate monopolies, let the free market work, and net neutrality will no longer be an issue.