Except they are NOT getting away with it
Until you can name an FBI agent or administrator in prison, they *are* getting away with it.
Network Neutrality conflates two issues: Traffic management and anticompetitive behavior. Some packets SHOULD be treated differently than others, in order to make diverse services "play well together". (Example: Streaming vs. File Download.)
All net-neutrality rules officially presented allow for network QoS of all kinds. Prioritizing VoIP above FTP is allowed in all net-neutrality rules. What's not allowed is prioritizing *your* VoIP over your competitor's VoIP.
Also allowed under all net neutrality is blocking P2P, and various other QoS schemes, so long as they are not explicitly anti-competitive.
Yes, it should be the FTC doing the enforcement, but the FTC doesn't understand the issue. The FCC is tasked with understanding the problem. The Justice Department, working with both the FTC and FCC should do the enforcement. Maybe the FCC could write the rules, and hand them to the FTC. But having the FTC write the rules will end up with the bad rules everyone claims are what Net Neutrality is.
The FCC is using this as a power-grab on the Internet, in direct contravention of Congress' authorization.
The FCC is chartered to regulate communications. That's what the first "c" stands for in the name. The Internet is Communication. So it seems quite in-line with the goals and purpose of the organization.
Pick almost ANY topic and the parties are going to take polar opposite views of it.
They keep the discussion about abortion and gays so that nobody notices that police abuses of minorities are the same in Democratic areas as Republican ones. Or they argue about taxes while both parties increase spending. Republicans pass ACA at the state level, and oppose it at the federal level, but reverse their position on state vs federal power when it comes to gay marriage. The point is to always be arguing so nobody is watching what the other hand is doing. It's a magic act designed to deceive the population.
All seems condemned in the long run to approximate a state akin to Gaussian noise. -- James Martin