Thus, of the two choices, the results are so obvious when it comes to the implications for Free Speech that one would think it hardly needs to be said, but it seems it must. Allowing ISPs to exert content control will create an environment where nothing even faintly libelous will be allowed, which is to say, nothing faintly controversial will be allowed. This is not a healthy environment for the Great Conversation, and destroys much of the equalizing power of the Internet, as it moves all the power back to the very few companies who are rich enough to support the expensive Internet infrastructure.