How Important Is 'Net Neutrality' to You?

The argument for "Net neutrality" is that Internet service providers shouldn't be the gatekeepers, as to which sites someone can access, and they shouldn't be allowed to throttle the data transfer rates for any given site. Opponents say regulators should keep their hands off the Internet. Where do you come down on this issue? Is regulation - requiring no tiered access to bandwidth - a bad idea, in this case? Or, will the absence of regulation give ISPs too much power over which content providers have access to the Internet audience?

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