Comcast sells digital video services for hefty subscription fees to tens of millions of its customers. Those video services presumably use bandwidth that could be used by Google, Netflix or any of a dozen other competitors if the customer preferred. Under Title II, what stops the FCC from mandating that Comcast “open the box” and allow all competitors access to that bandwidth in a neutral fashion?

That’s the argument. Title II is just a framework for regulations that could potentially turn ISPs into true “dumb pipes”. While many have convinced themselves that would be great for everyone, there’s not a lot of money in the dumb pipe business.

To put it another way: 10 cent SMS messages built a lot of cell towers!