Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-31540897-20170712232254/@comment-25646419-20170714153907

I like this ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5) description:

"What's a good way to explain net neutrality to anybody not in the loop?"
 * "Imagine if a private company built all the roads in the United States and that company had a deal with a car manufacturer, say, Ford. The speed limit is 60mph... but only for Ford cars. If you tried to drive your Toyota or your Volkswagen on one of these roads, it would only go up to 20mph unless you paid the road-building company some ridiculous fee.


 * That would suck, wouldn't it?"


 * "That's close. But I think it is more apt to say the road builder gets to decide you can drive 80mph if you're going to, say, McDonalds, but you can only drive 20mph if you're going to Walmart.


 * It is even more apt to then say, well, the road builder just happens to also own a movie theater. So, the road builder will only let you drive 5mph when going to an AMC. But if you want to go to his movie theater, well, you can drive 80mph."