[quote=@Dynamics] Except it's not. Have you not seen the ISP conglomeration bonanza the past several years Title II has been in effect? AT&T is attempting to merge with Time Warner, of all companies, and the FCC doesn't care. All they care about is spying on American citizens and with them in charge, they won't attack ISPs. You only end up getting destroyed by both ends because this deal allows the government to enter and throw in their own special spice of regulation. The ISP monopoly problem was created [i]by[/i] the government, and you don't fix a problem caused by governmental influence with more governmental influence. The FTC is more limited when it comes to hurting consumers through government means and they have a much better track record for actually stopping big business from going out of control. And, if you read the repeal terms, you'll find the following: "Section 1 of the Sherman Act bars contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade, making anticompetitive arrangements illegal. If ISPs reached agreements to unfairly block, throttle, or discriminate against Internet conduct or applications, these agreements would be per se illegal under the antitrust laws.518" This quote prevents ISPs from doing exactly what you're expressing concern over. If they attempt to discriminate against data and block it/slow it down based on the content type, the FTC will invoke the restrictions outlined in the Sherman Act Antitrust Laws, Section 144, p.85. [/quote] The ONLY cure for bad government influence is better government influence. There's a reason that governments are a thing. Regulating horrible people is exclusively the job of a government. Except that's not true. If you read that from the perspective of a lawyer, you'd notice that it doesn't block those thing. The way that's going to be immediately attacked is "They can block it so long as it isn't anti competitive." It's not going to stop anything. Not only that, but companies were already banned from anti-competitive arrangements and they just set up maps of where one company could work and the others wouldn't compete there. This isn't good enough to take away the current protections for.