Net Neutrality Comments

I filed comments in the Net Neutrality proceeding.   From the first page:

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I offer these comments to make three points.  First, there have been

tions in the media and elsewhere that the FCC's proposed Net

Neutrality rules represent a radical departure in American federal

communications policy.  I'd suggest, from a historic perspective, that the

FCC's Net Neutrality rule is rather mild.  In particular, it is far less

aggressive than the anti-discrimination laws imposed on carriers under the

Cleveland or Taft Administrations.

Second, many critics of the Proposed Rules have blurred the crucial

distinction between regulation of the Internet and the regulation of those

that carry Internet traffic.  I point out only that the latter, carriers, have

always been subject to regulation, as we shall, historically much stricter

regulation than that found in the Proposed Rules.

Third, I write to suggest that the FCC's stated goal of protecting the

Internet as a platform for free speech will depend on how rigorously it

implements a ban on not only the blocking of content, but also on demands

for "Internet Payola."