Nilay Patel:
So there’s the entire problem, expressed in four simple ideas: the internet is a utility, there is zero meaningful competition to provide that utility to Americans, all internet providers should be treated equally, and the FCC is doing a miserably ineffective job. The United States should lead the world in broadband deployment and speeds: we should have the lowest prices, the best service, and the most competition. We should have the freest speech and the loudest voices, the best debate and the soundest policy. We are home to the most innovative technology companies in the world, and we should have the broadband networks to match.
We should stop fucking it up.
His mantra of “the Internet is fucked” certainly rings true for me. Internet connectivity should be considered a utility; Internet Service Providers should be dumb pipes. Anything short of that, and we risk losing the things that make the Internet such a great place — freedom and equality.