How the end of Net Neutrality will affect IoT

Few things enable the mere existence of the IoT more than a free and open web; collaboration and interconnectivity are perhaps the foremost defining traits of the IoT, and both are threatened by net neutrality’s forthcoming demise. Internet service providers play a vital role in the IoT’s development, and have a massive impact on the legislative world that regulates its existence. The innovative culture that fostered so much of the IoT’s early growth could soon come to an end, however, as these tech companies tighten their grip on the information highways that enable the internet to exist in its current form.