I think the ideal is system is one where the average person consistently lives up to the ideal that they treat everyone else with the same respect, compassion and concern that they'd like to be treated with while simultaneously minimizing the laws and social constraints that hinder a person from living their life as they see fit to maximize their personal satisfaction, with the exceptions of behaviors that would harm others.
They tried this one in about 26,000 B.C. and it didn't work out too well so they invented gubment. Some cave dweller decided that "respect" was popping another dude over the head and taking his mastodon meat away.
Heck, check around - see how many families (internally) live up to this creed. Now make it billions of time more complex and you can start to see the problem(s).
As my dad says "It's the best system around - but it sucks".
Heck, can't even agree on vanilla, chocolate or twist at the custard shack.
As to "net neutrality", I'm somewhat torn. The idea that a company like Netflix can come along and abuse (yes, I think that's the right word) the entire system and piggyback their profits off of others does not seem right. The idea of neutrality (equal access and speed) is all good and fine when it came to email and simple web pages - but start streaming vast amounts of full time info and the pipes are soon filled up.
We may all have equal access to the interstates, but the trucks pay vastly more in gas taxes, registration fees, etc. and they don't get their meals or showers for free at the rest stops either.
I suspect a middle ground is the answer. Those investing heavily in infrastructure deserve compensation.
I remember when Charter installed our IP phone line - they said it uses the same cable and network, but it doesn't clash with the internet traffic. I assume that's a similar thing - it uses a different channel (freq?) over the same line.
Without a lot of study on the issue, if I were King Solomon I'd say Netflix should pay big time....for the vast amount of quasi-public services they are using. As a Netflix user, paying another $1 or $2 a month in order to fairly compensate the big carriers would be fine with me.
Heck, I'm turning corporate...but it's only fair. At least so it seems...