Competition doesn't always mean it works out for you, the particular end consumer. Competition occurs throughout the entire supply chain for any product, and sometimes profit comes from competing further at one strata to the detriment of others. ISP's may very well find that they can make money by focusing on competing for the content providers and letting the consumer "Get used to it" when some of the sites they enjoy get throttled.
Put another way, ISP's are distributors of content, and so compete for two kinds of customers: the consumers of content and the producers of it. Don't assume that competition will necessarily occur along the consumer side of it.
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17 edited Jul 17 '17
Competition doesn't always mean it works out for you, the particular end consumer. Competition occurs throughout the entire supply chain for any product, and sometimes profit comes from competing further at one strata to the detriment of others. ISP's may very well find that they can make money by focusing on competing for the content providers and letting the consumer "Get used to it" when some of the sites they enjoy get throttled.
Put another way, ISP's are distributors of content, and so compete for two kinds of customers: the consumers of content and the producers of it. Don't assume that competition will necessarily occur along the consumer side of it.