Because every American should have access to broadband Internet.
The Podium  Monday, April 12  “A Royal Catfight”  By Bruce
Mehlman  Speaking of Title II, Johna Till Johnson at Network
World looks at what might happen if the FCC makes a move to
reclassify:  Reclassifying Internet services as a Title II
service would provoke a royal catfight with the carriers, which
have preemptively warned the FCC not to go there. Back in
February, carriers—- including Verizon, Time Warner, AT&T,
Qwest, the National Cable andTelecommunications Association and
the wireless and phone company trade associations—warned FCC
Chairman Julius Genachowski that trying to classify Internet
access as a Title II service would provoke “years of litigation
and regulatory chaos.” More pointedly, they indicated such a
decision would make them unwilling to invest the billions of
dollars required to achieve the government’s goal of 100MBps
broadband speeds to 100 million households by 2020.  This is a
potent threat, because it shines a spotli