NN is one of those things that I never really understood. I get that people want to "stick it" to their ISPs, but since the NN talk began my internet connection at home has gone from 8mb to 200mb without me having to pay another dime via Spectrum. They called me and just said, "Here, we're upgrading you. You need a new modem to get the speed so that's free too."
I could get 400mb or 1gb if I wanted but 200mb has been more than enough.
I assume there's just very different issues in other parts of the country, but where I live I haven't seen any need for NN so it makes me wonder if there will be some negative effect to my currently good experience?
NN isn't about the raw speed. It's about ensuring content from ISP's competitors is available at the same speed as your ISP's content.
If ISPs were just a dumb pipe, this wouldn't be a problem. But most of the major players are part of massive media conglomerates and have incentive to throttle/restrict certain content.
NN is not about broadband speeds, it is about ensuring that the Internet remains what it is -- a general purpose communication system over which new applications and services can be deployed without requiring permission or coordination with the network operators. It is basically just a regulatory statement of the end-to-end principle.
Huh? Spectrum raises our broadband price every six months, even during the pandemic. It was ~$40 a few years ago and $75 today. I want to quit but only the decrepit ATT is an option, whose site can't even handle billing reliably.
I could get 400mb or 1gb if I wanted but 200mb has been more than enough.
I assume there's just very different issues in other parts of the country, but where I live I haven't seen any need for NN so it makes me wonder if there will be some negative effect to my currently good experience?