Ditch Net Neutrality Now

By Chris Calton

Anybody who has ever dealt with internet lag should realize that bandwidth is a finite resource. Like any other economically scarce commodity, the price and profit mechanisms of the market serve to direct the allocation of this resource as efficiently as possible. This is why people pay more for faster speeds or larger data caps.

The economic reality of bandwidth scarcity is the source of hostility between companies and consumers. When cell phone companies started limiting...