re: #114 Fozzie Bear

Do you consider the freedom to purchase products and services from whomever you choose to purchase them to be a basic liberty?

In general, the sellers have the freedom to refuse to sell to someone they don’t want to. There are good and valid reasons to intervene in this freedom. Utilities operating as monopolies cannot be allowed to refuse to provide those utilities for arbitrary reasons. etc. etc.

I view ISPs somewhat like a common carrier. They can charge for and limit the bandwidth I use, but I don’t want them to limit which protocol or content I send/receive over their pipe. In some markets where there are multiple choices for consumers, I don’t see the need for net neutrality laws. But there are many places where the ISP is a de facto monopoly and fair and equal access most likely requires the force of law to achieve.