Advocates and experts also say net neutrality is good for consumers.
“It protects users from ISPs controlling what you see,” Chris Lewis, president and CEO of Public Knowledge, previously told USA TODAY. “Broadband is an important communication tool, so we need the rules to be fair.”
Possibly.
Lewis gives the example of streaming services that create their own websites and apps to access the Internet and reach the consumer. Although these sites already pay for Internet access, broadband providers want to charge an additional user fee that is passed on to consumers, he said.
“With net neutrality, this fee is prohibited. The savings are indirect, but they are real,” he said.
Mallory Knodel, chief technology officer of the Center for Democracy and Technology, told USA TODAY that aging broadband network cables need to be replaced and ISPs have not done a good job of maintaining the infrastructure or building it in an equitable manner.
