Not to be confused with "MasturBation palmar hidradenitis"

Although these two conditions are often linked.

Well, people here using this website will be able to figure this out, but all of those people still confused about DTV have no chance of ever understanding this. If this becomes law, I am probably the only one with a wireless router in my apartment building that would not be in violation.

But they put Vista on all of them already, its an extra step to put XP on, and that is where the extra charges come from.

I am guessing the charge is not exactly for XP itself, its the additional work that needs to be done to put XP on a machine that already has Vista on it.

I wish I had mod points for this, I always thought they shouldn't be able to package these multi-purpose little bit of everything bills, it seems their put together on purpose to sneak things by, most legislators are not even able or refuse to read the whole thing before voting on it.

Not trying to argue, but you said "Removal of net neutrality", and AFAIK there are no laws on the books requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally. All the points you listed are concerns that I would also have, but wouldn't it be easier rather than net neutrality, just get a law on the books that states that "ISPs are not able to assess fees to any party outside of their umbrella of service and ISPs are not allowed to provide hosting services or priority service to any party not included in the previous. 'Umbrella of service' includes anyone subscribed to their internet/data service." My wording may be retarded and/or way off, but as I see it this would be more easily auditable and enforceable than some grand scheme of requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally and be able to prove that they are doing it to gov't auditors.

In what cases have an ISP charged a website for bandwidth that their users (the ISP's users) are accessing?

Literacy, widespread and universal deployment would benefit the nation (public, private, and individual) much the way the public road system does.

Having broadband != Literate
As far as fee based systems for public services, I see no problem with that, if you don't use the service you shouldn't have to pay for it. I would prefer it if all roads were subject to toll rather than they current system.

I usually catch things like this, but didnt this time. Nice one, which I had mod points for this AC.

So I have come to realize that most slashdotters are for net neutrality, but I am still confused as to why?

But thats the thing, they cant squeeze that extra money out of me. Once I get passed the "introductory price" where its cheap, I call and ask to cancel it, when they ask why, I tell them because the intro price is over and I don't want to pay full, and the customer service rep just gives me another 6 months or a year at my current price, if they don't, which hasn't happened yet, I would cancel it and sign back up in a few weeks and get the intro rate again.

Nope, our system pumps water straight from the ground, and sewage goes to a tank which gets pumped by a private company every couple years.

Why not, the good people of our small towns and countrysides subsidize the ever lasting cycle of inner-city welfare recipients. (The modstick will sting for that one) All joking aside, I used to live in a rural area (northern MN), and there were/are currently no options for broadband (parents and lil bro still on dial-up). If they really wanted or needed it, they would move 15-20 miles and live near the "city" (population still less than 3k). If a demand is created, a business that wants a profit will swoop in to fill that demand, as always, for a price.

If its not worth boycotting, you are not being overcharged. If it wasn't worth more to you than the money you are paying, you wouldn't be purchasing it.

Correct, in the US today, conservatism has become classical liberalism (strong on free markets, Laissez-Faire, individual responsibility) and liberalism has become pretty much just social liberalism, which as I understand, is heavy on regulation of the economy and a state-provided welfare system (per wiki, Consider the accumulation of wealth by a small group as a threat to liberty).