Big Cable's big problem in the net neutrality debate: everyone hates them

[Commentary] Why has the network neutrality debate proven so one-sided? I think the reason is simple: people hate their cable company.

Internet service providers and cable television companies are the two least popular industries in the American economy, and the two biggest cable companies, Comcast and Time Warner, are the least popular companies in these industries. This means that any time the nation's biggest cable companies get involved in a policy dispute, the public instinctively takes the other side. Most people don't have an informed opinion on the merits of reclassification or the feasibility of forbearance. But many strongly believe, from personal experience, that cable companies will do anything to make a buck.