No one thinks "neutrality" implies unrestricted bandwidth. It is about, as you say, making sure one vendor is not favored, or that new technologies are not blocked.

(The "torrent blocks" that people oppose start with the first byte.)

"utility" implies "net neutrality." At least it does if you want those innovations to keep coming.

I tend to support the net neutrality idea but don't think it's absolutely vital to treat all usage the same. The power and water companies often have graduated rates, for example, charging markedly higher rates after a certain usage threshhold.

While I absolutely agree that it would be bad for ISPs to be able to prefer, say, ESPN to CNNSI or vice versa, it's not immediately obvious to me why they have to treat ordinary Web viewing the same as downloading massive torrent files or streaming video.