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

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126. I don't know their pricing structures or

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Profit margins but they do not have the resources to build their own backbone. And those that own the backbone control it.

The telcos grudgingly sold landline access to resellers. None of the resellers really made good money at the rates they paid. But landlines are regulated and they were forced to sell to resellers.

It's likely that competitive pricing is because the big companies are selling off excess capacity and/or the big companies are reselling in areas where they don't have a big presence, small towns and rural areas. Verizon spends billions for FIOS but they only give lip service to high speed Internet in rural areas.

And why not sell it at a discount? Either that or it lies dark.

So the problem with net neutrality is that whole model of selling off capacity (if that's what they're doing or whatever the reason is) will be subject to new pricing structures. It may or may not be along the lines of the OP. But prices will skyrocket.