Over the course of a year - from January 2014 to March 2015 - millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens of policymakers weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission in favor of net neutrality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.
Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.
Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work better than others over their pipes.
Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom.
It's only natural that the heavy users help contribute to the investment to keep the Web healthy. That is the most important concept of net neutrality.
Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic that goes through their networks the same, not offering preferential treatment to some websites over others or charging some companies arbitrary fees to reach users.
I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV.
Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.