I've posted my thoughts on Net Neutrality before so this isn't a lot of new information. It kills me how people will sign an online petition, post to a forum, or join a facebook group thinking it will make any difference. I posted the following on the wall of (yet another) pro-NN facebook group:

If you really care about net neutrality you need to stop joining meaningless facebook groups that accomplish nothing and signing petitions that have no legal relevance. Like it or not, the “villains” in this scenario are accomplishing their goal by using the world’s legal systems to their advantage. It’s amusing to see how few people who claim to support the notion of net neutrality are willing to put their money where their mouths are. The only thing the ISPs will understand is people canceling their service. If you truly believe in this cause and you’re a customer of a company that does not have values and business practices that are in line with your own then cancel your service and, most importantly, TELL YOUR ISP WHY YOU’RE CANCELING. The only way you will get the attention of ISPs that will compel them to change is by taking away their money. If they don’t have your money you have ALL the leverage.

For the record, I'm not specifically opposed to the ideal of NN but I don't agree with many of the rationales I hear people exhorting in favour of NN. Like it or lump it, the infrastructure over which the Internet travels is owned property and the people that own it have the right to say what flows through those pipes at whatever speed they like. That being said, I'm disappointed at the lack of forthrightness (read: intentional lying) that companies like Comcast have displayed in recent history and for that they deserve a chastising (read: sue them) but, at the end of the day, if you pay the piper you pick the tune. I also think that many NN-proponents veil their desire to engage in unhindered copyright infringement as righteous indignation about their personal freedoms being taken away but that's a whole other topic I just don't feel like unpacking right now.