Why don’t ISPs invest in infrastructure, create jobs, and expand service, rather than capping service and trying to drive up profits on increasingly crappy and restrictive service? Check out the new FCC.gov site, and study up on spectrum and then you can leave a comment encouraging the FCC to stop allowing short-term capitalist gain to throttle our future.

As the US becomes less and less competitive in terms of broadband speed, can we really expect to get out of a slump or be a global force?

Indeed, the question of who gets to write the rules about the internet’s pipes is the major bone of contention in the net neutrality debate, both for terrestrial and mobile data networks. When the new net neutrality rules go into effect, ISPs won’t be able to block their online video competition, but there’s no rule against doing that with bandwidth caps or tiered usage pricing.

Moreover, as we all move towards more and more cloud services, whether that’s for backups, music or movies, it’s worrisome that ISPs are more concerned about reining in their most dedicated customers in service of meeting Wall Street’s expectations. Instead, they should be taking the opportunity to dig up the streets to create fiber networks that will make us a nation that’s top in the world’s broadband-ranking chart, rather than a laggard.

via Shed a Tear: The Age of Broadband Caps Begins Monday | Epicenter | Wired.com.