At first glance, enforcing net neutrality seems like unnecessary government regulation. Let the free market decide what information will be carried at what price; those who charge higher prices for information that consumers want to transmit will lose their business.
However, tremendous economies of scale, network effects, and business practices like lock-in in the internet and telecom industries cause market failure due to monopolistic behavior. Thus, regulation is necessary.
Also, there is a public interest of there not being restrictions to freedom of speech on the internet, but I am cynical that anyone is really willing to implement that.
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