Once you let the government in the door they never get out. More rules and regulations will destroy the internet. The main reason they want in is tax revenue and with that the price of your connection just went up. Keep the internet free, keep the government out!

I'm in favor of a legislative solution, not a regulatory one. Congress can pass a law that essentially preserves the internet as it is, without giving federal agencies a wide berth to create regulations that won't receive the same level of public debate.

We should not give up the freedoms of the internet to Government regulators. This bill is nothing more than a "trogen horse"

I think this is a MUCH better alternative: H. R. ____ [Discussion Draft] To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure Internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommuni- cations Act of 1996 as a grant of authority. http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/114/BILLS-114hr-PIH-OpenInternet.pdf

Government over regulates everything.

Government should stay out of it.

After watching the FCC begin to assert its newfound authority over the internet in the wake of the net neutrality ruling, I think we are going to regret this decision. We've been lied to by big internet companies like Google, Facebook and Netflix. They presented net neutrality as something that would protect startups and small businesses from market manipulation by larger players, but in reality they were fighting against having to pay a fair market price for their own usage. Smaller players and consumers will eventually have to foot more of the bill for infrastructure and technology improvements by ISPs. Even worse, net neutrality brings an end to the era of laissez faire internet policy by opening the doors to regulation by the FCC. Big business and the FCC presented net neutrality as freedom for the internet, but the reality is that's what we had before. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler now insists that "it makes sense to have somebody watching over their [internet companies] shoulders and ready to jump in if necessary.” This could be a huge mistake. The unregulated internet allowed amazing things and what we've done is allow the government to come in and suppress innovation. Government regulation of the internet was always inevitable, but the internet's freedom fighters had done a remarkable job of keeping it at bay. Their mistake came when they accepted the Trojan Horse of net neutrality, not expecting that the first regulations would carry the banner of internet freedom.

We must leave the Internet unregulated.

How can you keep something free by involving the FCC?????????

The Internet should remain unregulated

Anything that purported to regulate the Internet should have been avoided like the plague but wasn't. The net neutrality spiel was a lie and now the FCC has got its tentacles wrapped around that one miraculous thing that has arisen organically, independent of Big Brother.

The Internet is one of the fastest growing education, and communication device in the States today. It should be protected under the First Amendment guarantee of Freedom of speech. Sure there is a lot of worthless crap on the internet, but attempts to censor have already created more problems than good effects. For example, AOL erasing posts with the word breasts in them. This shut dow a support group for women with breast cancer.