“TCP/IP is inherently net neutral”
This is actually a nonsense statement. TCP/IP is a transport/routing protocol and has no concept of such policy-level issues as NN.
“Is it so onerous to ask the cable/telco monopolies to simply enforce TCP/IP?”
Again, another nonsense statement. “Enforcing” TCP/IP is to simply adhere to the protocol, which every entity connected to a network built upon it must do, else they will not be able to operate.
Blocking various application-layer protocols (such as Bittorrent) is a service-policy issue, and entirely within the authority of an ISP to do – to moderate bandwidth consumption, for example.
When you purchase Internet connectivity from an ISP, you are purchasing a service, which has terms & conditions. Commonly, for household services, you may not establish a publicly accessible server (eg. for gaming or filesharing), a policy motivated by a desire to moderate bandwidth consumption, again.
The overriding principle here is that all these issues are a legitimate part of a private business establishing terms & conditions of service. NN violates this most essential aspect of private property rights – hence NN is cyber-socialism.
