content: Net neutrality is a set of regulations that would enable the Federal Communication Commission to force ISP's to allow all data equal connection speeds for any service going through their pipes. Big ISP's don't like it because, for example, Comcast is trying to sell its own movie service. If Comcast can rate-limit Netflix then, call it "Comflix" would look much better by comparison. Without net neutrality the end user wouldn't think "My ISP is selectively slowing Netflix" just "Netflix sucks. They're choppy, slow, and have terrible resolution". Then Comcast would get to either sell more Comflix subscriptions or demand subscribers pay extra for the Netflix package.  You can imagine the mess if each ISP gets to fuck with each subscriber's connections as they choose. Imagine having to pay your ISP $5 for the Social Media package, $10 for popular new site connectivity, $15 for the Adult package, and so on. Worse, ISP's would be able to better track usage per-user and sell that data and charge exorbitant rates for privacy protection, such as allowing encrypted data to and from a VPN. Many conservatives don't like net neutrality because for all the good it does it sets a terrible precedent: It empowers the government (which by the way is not really authorized by the constitution to do this) to control how ISP's can provide their services.