Internet provider level.

like water, sewer, or electricity... either run by a city service or a regulated utility.

i imagine big cities like chicago or LA wouls have many

50 million homes have 1 or zero broadband options.

don't anticipate any instant change
one of the carriers will put a toe in the water and the others will closely watch it.

i would imagine the marketing teams have been at work trying to make this sound as a customer benefit...one of those wonderful ...in order to serve you better letters....

so be on the look out

I posted about the efforts along the front range of Colorado, including the experiene of Longmont which is quite far along.

I also posted about the intense $$ efforts Comcast and its buddies used to try to defeat a ballot measure in November, for Fort Collins to do the same (Boulder is pursuing as well). Against an onslaught of propaganda commercials topping off at nearly $1 million when it was done, the people of Fort Collins approved the measure.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029815700


Well, here's the take (update) now in the light of net neutrality being voted down:

Ending net neutrality could be a boon for Fort Collins municipal broadband

Is there some organization supporting these efforts

likely would share their experience/advice. If you google Longmont, CO or Fort Collins pro-municipal broadband groups you'd likely get a start. I know communities in other states are doing this as well, including the Northeast.

OR is this completely out of his hands.

I run a business on Etsy. I'd hate to see them intentionally slowed because Amazon is paying for more bandwidth.

Ironically, one of my RETHUG Senators (Corey Gardner) actually asked for a delay on the vote in light of the comments fraud. So, my guess is they are hearing from their own RW constituency as well.

I told the staffer about how it would effect my Etsy store and the bottom line and she asked me if I had the store prior to 2015 (I did not).

Don't know what they are talking about.

For example content streaming like Netflix and Amazon video was much smaller than it is today. As it is, before net neutrality Verizon and Comcast throttled Netflix, what will they do know that it's more popular and more isps are also content creators? Comparing two different time periods especially with the rapid change of the Internet and how we use it, is massively stupid. Streaming video especially as we move to more and more high quality video, online games (where lag is a killer), most software, streaming music, our data in the cloud, everything is online.

But also rules requiring disclosure of fees and data caps are gone. And the FCC is claiming the right to block states and cities from requiring that information be provided.

Likewise rules against isps blocking voice over ip gone.