Originally Posted by trevesty

Robbie, I have a friend who started 2 ISP's here locally targeted towards rural customers but using existing ISP's wires - of course, he paid them for utilizing their property but was only allowed to do so because of Net Neutrality. This was only possible because of Title II classification. Before that, in this area, there were 2 choices for 20 years. His kids were set for college (wherever they wanted to go) and he began investing heavily in real estate. He's ALREADY (after a couple days) facing litigation from those ISP's he was purchasing from after the repeal of those regulations. Now he'll probably go bankrupt and live on government handouts. My lawyer is representing him and told a few of us that this person has had to put a bunch of homes on the market just to be able to HOPEFULLY afford the legal costs brought upon him by 2 big ISP's.

Also because of Title II, 3 local towns (20k and smaller) with their own power companies installed fiber that is 1gbps down / up for $30 per month to every resident and business (and it paid for itself in year 1). All 3 of those towns saw a boom in new residents, new businesses and new construction.

I live in one of the most red counties in the country...

There are those of us who have been advocating for Net Neutrality for 15 years for a lot of these reasons - it helps innovation, helps create NEW businesses (not just protect OLD ones), and helps grow the economy in the 21st Century. With respect, it appears you only started paying attention when it became a hot political issue on cable news.