Personally, I would rather see the govt classify the internet as a basic need in this day and age than let big business take control. As I see it, big business knows nothing else but how to squeeze every microcent out of the pockets of their customers while delivering as little value as they possibly can. If current ISPs could hold their investment in infrastructure static for the next 100 years yet continue to raise prices based on the fact that they deliver a bit of data to your computer, they would.
Fortunately, states like NY have decided that the monopolies of the giant ISPs are not as valuable as serving the general populace. Smaller ISPs with far more advanced technologies are starting to get a foothold in my area, and as soon as they are in my neighborhood, I will be their customer. I will probably have a party for all my friends in celebration.
I feel bad for states in the US where big business has been given carte blanche. But, given the current "our way or the highway" political climate, I can see those favoring big business sheltering the poor, starving, monopolistic ISPs like TWC when they start to cry joe ISP is taking all my business.
We will see where this goes, but given the sh!t customer service I have personally experienced from the likes of TWC, including slamming my then 88-year old mother onto their far more costly telephone service, I have absolutely no good feelings about leaving the internet to the likes of monopolistic ISPs. My prediction is that if BB gets its way, it will, eventually, implode - truly cause for celebration, IMHO.
