71% of U.S. households would switch from providers that attempt to interfere with Internet

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Seventy-one percent of respondents to a survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center said they would attempt to switch to a competing Internet service provider (ISP) if their provider were to try to block, slow down, or charge more for bandwidth-heavy services such as Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Pandora, and Skype. 70 percent said they would complain to their ISP while 46% said they would complain to Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. 33% said they would post their complaint on social media. 10% would drop their Internet service entirely – just 7% said they would do nothing.


71% of U.S. households would switch from providers that attempt to interfere with Internet