Although the entire premise is a little absurd (either A or B), I'd much rather have the FCC making stupid decisions than a private company (Comcast/Time Warner) block chunks of the internet that are not in their best interest to show. Public entities have at least some measure of accountability (yes, I know about corruption and influence and lobbying) -- but companies have absolutely no accountability until they start to flagrantly violate the law (which again, they often influence a great deal in any case).
If we had a real market in the US for choosing different service providers, the equation would change quite a bit, but right now with effectively monopolies (or sometimes duopolies) in the majority of regions in the US, losing Net Neutrality is a very frightening prospect.
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Although the entire premise is a little absurd (either A or B), I'd much rather have the FCC making stupid decisions than a private company (Comcast/Time Warner) block chunks of the internet that are not in their best interest to show. Public entities have at least some measure of accountability (yes, I know about corruption and influence and lobbying) -- but companies have absolutely no accountability until they start to flagrantly violate the law (which again, they often influence a great deal in any case).
If we had a real market in the US for choosing different service providers, the equation would change quite a bit, but right now with effectively monopolies (or sometimes duopolies) in the majority of regions in the US, losing Net Neutrality is a very frightening prospect.