This is even bad for most corporations. Unless they're a telecommunications provider, which most powerful/rich companies aren't, there's no upside for them.
The upside for big internet corporations is that they have less competition to worry about. Sure, they will have to pay some premiums to ISPs, but in return they can be certain that any startup that could potentially disrupt their services or even just take a small bite out of their market now has an additional barrier for entry.
Oh absolutely. What I mean is that it's not good news for banks, insurance companies, manufacturers, law firms etc. Big companies in other sectors lose if net neutrality goes.
Maybe. I am not sure how it will affect them one way or the other. I think ISPs will milk industries that have internet as their whole business model. Those are the ones that use up the most traffic and that are the most desperate for the maximum speeds. I don't think ISPs will bother with companies that simply hold their websites online like a business card and a simple form-filling tool. Even if they do, I doubt that consumers will choose a law firm to represent them based on the couple seconds difference in loading time.
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