This story is middle of the road day-and-date reporting of a very complex issue. Contextual material is lacking almost entirely from the report. Personal opinion: free speech as a constitutional right underlies every discussion of net neutrality, despite the FCC's long abandonment of the fairness doctrine across broadcast channels and the of public interest groups, civil libertarians, and individual advocates to have bandwidth, and access to it, legislated as a public common. As more businesses and government agencies adopt web based service and data availability (online banking for free, in person for a fee; online processing of health and other insurance claims as a sole processing option), the ability of each citizen to access the web for information and everyday living activities takes on greater significance.