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That's the same phantasy they have in health care. They think there is a functioning market with choices where there simply isn't for most of us.

Interesting, I think an alternative to the net neutrality ruling might be to go the way that Canada and the UK did which largely prevented this from becoming a significant issue: force the major ISPs to lease last mile lines to the upstarts. Make a market that works. It also did great good for competition on speed grounds.

Ok well you made it about 10% through the article - at least you made a modest attempt at understanding the other side of the debate.

Oh I get both sides of the debate. I also understand why we put regulations in place. Don't get me wrong, our government has fumbled the ball on a few occasions but generally regulations are only put in place once an industry habitually breaks the trust of our citizens.