The Providence Journal: Sen. Al Franken on Net Neutrality: What it is, what it means to you

Last night in Minneapolis, Sen. Al Franken spoke at a hearing on Net Neutrality attended by Federal Communications Commission Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael Copps. Franken explains the two- or three-tiered Internet that could result from an abandonment of the principle that no sites and services have priority over any others. Snippets:

"Today a blog can load as fast as The Wall Street Journal and if the blog is good, it can get more traffic than any media conglomerate. But if bigger...