kick the cable companies to the curb. We have to decide we are going to live with a little inconvenience, like Internet assess, for a couple of months if we want to win this thing. Anything less is capitulation. Kick them I the wallet. It's the only place they have any feeling.

For most people who have jobs involving something other than manual labor, a fast internet is a requirement for success, both at home and at work.

And getting the masses to abandon Netflix? Riiiiigt.

If you want to access access Netflix, YouTube or Pandora, you will need to pay a premium charge for streaming sites in addition to your regular monthly internet charge and your monthly Netflix subscription fee.

If you want to use social media like Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, prepare to pay special rates in addition to your monthly internet cost.

Basically, the horrors of hospital billing are coming to anyone who uses the internet, provided your ISP even allows you to access some sites and functions. I would not be surprised if some ISP blocks access to political sites entirely.

There are NO benefits to consumers by eliminating Net Neutrality.

Could this be an opening for some entrepreneurial type to create a new internet service provider that promised to observe the net neutrality rules?

The startup costs are simply far too massive for anyone but mega-billionaires to create a new ISP with a market size greater than a city or two. Don’t even think about implementing mobile coverage.

I suppose there is a chance it might spur municipalities to create their own city/county government run ISPs. Those might be able to thrive if voters demand it.

It would be like starting up a new car company or something - Big capital required up front.

But the idea of local governments setting up their own ISPs, that's an interesting thought. I know that Portland had a go at it back in the late 1990s / early 2000s, but it didn't really work out. It seems to me that Knoxville or Nashville Tennessee has set up a durable wi-fi network. They're having to fend off challenges from the for-profit robber barons, but as long as the people hold together, they should be able to tell Comcast to suck it.

I'm hoping that the Internet Trust has overplayed its hand with this caper, and this is the beginning of far faster and far cheaper internet access for everyone.

maintain net neutrality as soon as one comes along for our area, and we will pay more for it even if we can't afford it.

I'm already boycotting the items that come up at the top of the screen if they aren't good fits for my search criteria, and they often are not.

...service as a wifi hotspot and streaming service. I can watch MSNBC & CNN online without needing Comcast, have through my Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus and Netflix plenty of options for shows.

Looking at other options, but I refuse to allow Comcast/Xfinity to be controlling my life and viewing and speed options while sucking lots of money from me.

No cable company.

I do not miss cable.