the swath of companies who provide streaming services, but not their own ISP

TBH, this seems to point towards the need for a model of connectivity provider that’s more in line with that of a utility than that of a vertically-integrated bandwidth+content-sales conglomerate.

We don’t need connectivity to come bundled with content; that just creates motive and opportunity for shitty ISPs to do anti-competitive bullshit like throttling competitors’ content.

Plus, the cost of delivering bandwidth has plummeted by more than 80% in just the last 15 years- there’s no reason for it to keep costing slightly more over time to have internet service, except that the people delivering it have a stock price to pump.

If we want net neutrality, we should separate ISPs from content providers in the same way we separated retail banking from investment banking