Type your address here to see how much—or little—choice you have for broadband
One of the founding principles behind the Republican-controlled plan to repeal net neutrality rules is that the free market will keep ISPs honest. If an Internet provider tries to slow down Netflix streams, for instance, it will lose customers to competitors who don’t monkey with people’s access. That argument has a weak point, though: According …
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One of the founding principles behind the Republican-controlled plan to repeal net neutrality rules is that the free market will keep ISPs honest. If an Internet provider tries to slow down Netflix streams, for instance, it will lose customers to competitors who don’t monkey with people’s access. That argument has a weak point, though: According to the FCC’s own data, anywhere from about 20% to 50% of Americans don’t have a choice of broadband providers.