A free and open internet is vital and is under siege
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The net neutrality laws were non-existent at that time and nothing of the sort happened
In fact that's one of the biggest reasons I'm indifferent to net neutrality. The internet operated fine for many years without any such regulation, why is it critical now?
that's wrong. Net neutrality was the norm, until a brief period after verizon challenged it in court.
>The internet operated fine for many years without any such regulation, why is it critical now?
It would have been much easier to leave the regulations be, and yet they felt the pressing need to repeal them. It must be that they intend to do something different having changed the laws. I doubt they will be open about it, at least not at first.
Maybe there's an element of "jumping the shark" by the many influencers who pushed the campaign so aggressively. And perhaps that could be responsible for my current skepticism
If anything indications are the internet is getting "better" https://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2018/12/12/18134899/inte...
One thing I have wondered: with net neutrality laws passed, would ISPs be prevented from offering "unlimited/unmetered Facebook" as a promotion?
Facebook was founded in 2004, but didn't pass MySpace right away. The FCC articulated it's Open Internet principles in 2005, but actually first applied neutrality principles to a case (not governed by other industry neutrality regulations) in 2004; it's true that the first Open Internet Order was in 2010, but the principals were applied case-by-case without regulation previously.
Also, much ISP action was under net neutrality like rules incidental to regulation of other industries (e.g., telephone service for DSL) prior to this time, as well.