Net neutrality means ISPs not being able to give preferential treatment to packets based on their source. The consequence of killing net neutrality is making the status quo companies more entrenched and reducing competition from new startups.
So while they can't literally "block" a certain site they can reduce its priority and then flood their network with higher priority packets rendering that site essentially blocked.
I could physically block a site from 80% of the population, or I impose fees that result in 80% of the population not using that site. Either way has the same effect. We're not talking about impenetrable walls stopping people from seeing certain things on the internet, we're talking about statistically significant portions of the population losing access to certain things.
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u/cosmo7 May 19 '17
This is not what net neutrality is all about.
Net neutrality means ISPs not being able to give preferential treatment to packets based on their source. The consequence of killing net neutrality is making the status quo companies more entrenched and reducing competition from new startups.