I admire all the work and passion that has gone into arguing for net neutrality. As a long time 'net user myself (I first signed on to ARPANet in '87) it warms the cockles of my heart to see that people still get it. But I have an idea to really drive the point home.
Many people have pointed out that with high bandwidth on sale, the 'free' internet is going to slow down to modem speeds. So, fine. If the law passes, let's go back to modems.
They're cheap. They're ubiquitous. They're secure. They work with POTS and you might even be able to get them to work with VOIP phones (although that would tend to defeat the purpose). Modern web technologies have already greatly reduced the amount of code and the number of images necessary to generate a slick and useful site, and many sites offer smaller, lighter versions for handheld devices. So we're not so far away.
Let's show the suits how many people are willing to give big telecom and big media the finger and go back to narrowband if broadband is no longer neutral territory. If the 'neutral' net runs at narrowband speeds anyway, what have we got to lose?
Who's with me? If I can get a good show of hands, maybe if nothing else we can scare some legislators straight.
Comment below if you're willing to take the Narrowband Pledge, and go back to a modem if, and as long as, the net neutrality movement fails.