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ELI5: Why would reclassifying internet as utility be a good thing?
gpt
Currently, only Comcast can deliver over Comcast's network. So they're not competing with Verizon or Time Warner for cable internet customers. Right now, if TW wants to reach Comcast customers, they have to build hundreds of miles of cable side by side with Comcast's cables, which is prohibitively expensive. 

If they were classified as a common carrier, they would have to let TW/Verizon access their network to provide internet to the end user (and vice versa). This increases competition and drives prices down. Sorta like how home phone service used to be super-competitive, because every company could provide it over the same lines. Comcast gets the rent money from the competitors, so they're still upkeeping the network and expanding it.

~~I had internet from a small company that rented Comcast's network in Boston, called RCN. Same speeds as Comcast, but literally half the price. If RCN were bigger (it only covered a small part of one town), Comcast probably would've had to drop their prices, too.~~ *Edit: Turns out RCN has its own network. No idea how it was so cheap.* Britain, meanwhile, made British Telecom's network common carrier, and saw prices drop and speeds increase as everyone invested together in the network to sell a better product. BT could sell more space on the network with more investment, and buyers were out there and cutthroat with each other on prices and features. They're at about our average download speed (according to Ookla) and well below the US for cost.