All Things Net Neutrality

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by tshile

I'd think twice before believing Comcast is out for anyone's best interest other than their own.

Oh trust me I know that all to well. In fact if I had to rank the top 5 National ISP's (Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, Cox, Verizon) I'd easily rank Comcast as the most evil. Officially Verizon is still 'reviewing' the initial FCC proposal unless I missed something since their initial press release. To me it seems Verizon wants go all in on killing net neutrality while Comcast seems to be more along the lines of 'quit while you're ahead.'

In other words Comcast seems to realize that attempting to completely do away with net neutrality and hoping for the Republican Net Neutrality plan, aka 'hopefully you can afford antitrust litigation', is a fools game. By voicing their support for the FCC proposal they seemed to have realized that this is the most realistic way to turn the fast lane into a reality (read; get paid). I also imagine that it allows them to stay on regulators good side both in regards to their NBC merger and their upcoming Time Warner Merger.

Not to mention they at least get to seem like they support the open internet. Though knowing Comcast if they thought they could get away with killing both net neutrality and the open internet they wouldn't hesitate.