Would anything stop the next administration from re-instating net neutrality?
Money from the even richer companies that want to prevent it from happening.
Think of the ad campaigns: "Since have been able to charge content providers for their use of our network, we've kept our costs low - that's why you pay only $99.99/month for your ultra fast 10 mbit connection , f net neutrality comes back, your rates will skyrocket"
Of course Netflix is in favor of net neutrality, I seem to recall when this was first being proposed they were responsible for something like 10% of all network traffic.
Do you really think they'd be opposed to a plan that basically subsidizes their bandwidth?
Same for all the other internet giants, net neutrality pretty much cemented their spot in the status quo.
> Do you really think they'd be opposed to a plan that basically subsidizes their bandwidth?
no it's not subsidizing.
Basically I pay X amount to the ISP to ACTUALLY VIEW NETFLIX.
Basically the ISP gets more out of the deal by having access to netflix, not the other way.
I understand you're being sarcastic, but pro-NN folks like the OP are claiming that big business will shut down attempts to reinstate NN. That's an incorrect claim; some of the largest, richest, most powerful companies on the planet are pro-NN. It's dishonest to characterize big companies as the driving force behind anti-NN legislation.
It's just a bit strange that there was less protest from the giants this time than in past Net Neutrality battles. It's beginning to seem like a number of these large web companies have become ambivalent to the issue.
Money from the even richer companies that want to prevent it from happening.
Think of the ad campaigns: "Since have been able to charge content providers for their use of our network, we've kept our costs low - that's why you pay only $99.99/month for your ultra fast 10 mbit connection , f net neutrality comes back, your rates will skyrocket"