One Frightening Chart Shows What You Might Pay For Internet Once Net Neutrality Is Gone

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55. That would close down the internet.

Parents of school children would have to pay so that their children could do homework on the internet. Many families are having enough trouble putting food on the table for their children. Net neutrality would make the internet useless as an educational tool.

Yes. You could make the "educational" sites free. But let's face it. Children need access to a lot of sites that would be too expensive for many families.

We can't have net neutrality. It would set the US back in terms of global competition because many people would not have the economic advantage of, for example, paying bills online or checking prices and products online. That would put the US back into the 1970s in terms of market efficiency. It would hurt the stock market too. It would just make a mess of online interaction between companies and customers because many customers would not be able to pay more for internet services than they already do. There are enough retired people without internet service because of the expense. In addition, the costs to government agencies that communicate with citizens on-line would increase because fewer people would have broad access to the internet.

This would harm our economy in a big way. As I understand it, some nations that compete with us such as South Korea have internet neutrality and easier and cheaper internet access than we do. Internet neutrality is an important economic factor. American can't afford to lose it.