Obama saves net neutrality, orders broadband be classified as vital service

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Remember, libertarians like wormyguy claim to be anti-corporatism.

This is a gift to Netflix.

Small business over big business then.

Yeah Netflix isn't small business in the traditional sense, but they sure are in comparison to the telecom giants opposing this.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.minnpost.com/data/2013/09/mapping-fiber-internet-minneapolis-where-it-and-will-it-expand

Don't have it. Though I could get it if I moved a few blocks to the west.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Perhaps the main reason why net neutrality is so important is that in many areas one ISP has a monopoly. So if they start throttling in ways you don't like, you can't just switch to a non-throttling competitor. Assuming there even is one, even most places without monopolies don't have many options, even in Minneapolis there's only two in the whole city: Comcast and CenturyLink. You can get USI Wireless in some areas as well but if you live literally a block away from a coverage area you can't. Also in rural areas you might have only one option for high speed internet, you could switch, but to slower and unreliable depending on the weather satellite internet.

That's why the standard libertarian excuse of "RAR RAR FREE MARKET!" doesn't work in this case, because internet access simply ISN'T a free market in many areas.