Dear FCC,
This is how the money flows on the internet.
First, it starts with the people that create stuff.
Then, they put it on the internet so that other people can use it to create more stuff.
As more and more stuff is created, more and more money flows.
When enough money flows from the people that create stuff, then the people that like to tell people where the stuff can be found also start making money.
Finally, everybody pays the ISPs. The ISPs connect to the stuff that makes money. They don’t actually create the money.
That’s why ISPs have lots of money, because the people who make the money give it to them. Why do they give it to them? Are they stupid?
No, they give money to the ISPs as long as the ISPs make it easier and faster for everybody to give them even more money. Sound crazy?
Net Neutrality wants the ISPs to get money from more people over a longer period of time.
So why would the ISPs not want to keep everyone giving them even more money?
The problem is that the ISPs aren’t patient enough to wait for more money. They want their money now, not last in line. But they don’t understand that they aren’t in the connection-making business. They are in the business of making stuff move faster for the connections people create between each other.
That’s how money works. But it seems like the ISPs like pretending they have more friends than money. Well, good-bye money. Then good-bye friends.
Sincerely,
People who make stuff
