It's really ironic that the Comcasts of the world were probably hoping to get a free pass to do whatever they want, when in reality they will end up with different rules for each state increasing the cost of compliance.
Montana could also structure their rules such that any ISP with a connection terminating at a state government must apply their NN rules to any data transferred through the state while it is in-state, even if the source and destination are outside of the state.
Good point. Not to mention that it can switch back and forth as the political winds change, making it hard to keep any lucrative deals going for very long.
NN might be one of those things that companies just don't violate for all kinds of reasons at many different levels; regardless of federal mandates.
We should probably get used to fighting at many different levels. Freedom requires eternal vigilance; not a really great FCC chairperson.
Doubtful. Comcast only need a small number of states without these rules to make create a miserable user-experience for Netflix/Youtube and then word of mouth will do the rest. After that, whatever sums Comcast have to pay their lawyers will pale in comparison to whatever they can extort from the Netflix/Google.
