Let me play devil's advocate here for a minute, because I can see a side to this argument that hasn't come up yet. I think we can all agree that it would be awful for companies to manipulate bandwidth to promote their business interests. But what if someone wanted to start a "family ISP" that blocked pornography from being pushed on its lines. It wouldn't be a matter of an ISP forcing someone to adhere to its interests in that case--it would be a matter of people paying specifically for a service that blocked certain content.
As far as I can tell, this law would make such a service illegal. Doesn't that actually restrict consumer rights in that situation? The government telling me that I can't have the service I want because it doesn't jive with their law?
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