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battleforthenet has a good rundown of who is on the right side of the net neutrality debate in Washington (go to "Scoreboard").

Slowly but surely, some important members of Congress are coming out in favor of net neutrality and joining Team Internet. Nancy Pelosi, for one, just the other day.

Everyone on the internet should care about net neutrality, regardless of where they live. The internet should be a global, open platform...for much of its history this has been true. But we're seeing this change: political censorship by governments like China, Russia, filtering in the UK, and attempts to subvert openness for private gain (look at the opponents of net neutrality). IMO, it's on all of us to be vigilant about the erosion of openness, wherever we find it. Net neutrality in America is one example. It's also a fairly influential one, since many other governments still look to the US for guidance and inspiration...we need to be an example for keeping the internet open and free.

The plugin we built for WordPress.com doesn't actually make sites load slower - it replaces a few of your blog posts with a spinning wheel of death, that just simulates a slow loading site for a few seconds. To show what life in an internet slow lane might look like...If we lose net neutrality, it won't be a simulation...

We'll be part of the internet slowdown at WordPress.com - if you have a wp.com blog, and want to participate, enable the net neutrality plugin by going to your Dashboard, Settings --> Fight for Net Neutrality.

The issue of net neutrality, though, affects all sites: regardless of where they're hosted or what CMS they happen to be running..so important to spread the word and take action tomorrow.

IMO, it's a purely capitalist argument: the government shouldn't tell private businesses what they can or can't charge for. The free market should determine that. But that assumes a market with even minimal competition between participants...which we just don't have for broadband. Also, the fact that there are some things (like freedom of expression) that net neutrality protects, that have value apart from economics. Need rules to ensure those values are protected.

Agree w Mike that a "lite" Title II approach is best. No one is asking for heavy handed regulation - just minimal rules to ensure a level playing field for all.