But they also can't be sued for transmitting child porn and such because they claim to be "common carriers" like you can't sue the phone company for allowing people to talk about terrorism on the phone. Once they filter traffic, they might be on the hook when people do illegal things over their networks.

Maybe this overly simplistic but.. Doing more stuff requires more power. More power means more heat. The End.

Just means that ovens and stoves will get internet access before toasters and platewarmers.