Can someone succinctly explain why "net neutrality" is a good thing? Without knowing anything else about it, the name alone sounds very Orwellian - not unlike "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (eff the patients and jack up the cost of insurance) or "Bank Secrecy Act" (requiring banks to report "personal" financial info to the government).
It keeps the internet at a constant speed no matter where the user goes. Without net neutrality, the ISP can prevent or slow down access for the user to go on different sites. They could potentially slow the speed to a crawl if a user goes to a candidate's website they don't like. They could reach a deal with amazon to slow down access to small business sites and speed up amazon's. They could charge the consumer for access to certain sites and do tiers of service similar to cable.
$10 to get online per month
Entertainment Package: Netflix and Hulu for an additional $20
Shopping Package: Ebay and Amazon for an additional $5
Sports Package: ESPN, WatchESPN, Fox Sports GO for an additional $20
Online Gaming: PS4/Xbox Live access for an additional $15