Great stuff. Thanks for this call to action. I would like to add just one small explanation.
This is not a case where capitalism fails and we need regulation. It is because this situation is not an example of free market capitalism it needs regulation.
Normally, competition between providers would keep prices competitive, meaning keep them down. If one provider throttled a group of people, another provider would not and the people would simply go with the other provider. That is not how this situation works, because in general providers do not compete. They are like airlines that divy up the available pie and only a couple will supply in a specific area. Also, providers collude with one another to set pricing strategies, which is a violation of American anti-trust law, but they are getting away with it. It is because these things happen that we the people need to be protected and these lawmakers are hoping to remove that protection.
It may well be that several or all of these lawmakers do not understand the consequences, and are thinking purely in terms of the general principle that markets should be free, but that only pertains where there is a competitive market! In monopoly type situations, which is what the providers have; there does need to be regulation to protect from price gouging.
All hail our supreme commander for blasting the clarion call!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/gops-internet-freedom-act-permanently-guts-net-neutrality-authority/
