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| 73746d656e7420696e2074686520696e66726173 | stment in the infras
| 7472756374757265206f662074686520496e7465 | tructure of the Inte
| 726e65742e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c7474 | rnet.</tt></p><p><tt
| 3e54686520496e7465726e657420686173206265 | >The Internet has be
| 656e206f6e65206f662074686520677265617465 | en one of the greate
| 7374206769667473206f75722065636f6e6f6d79 | st gifts our economy
| 20e2809420616e64206f757220736f6369657479 | and our society
| 20e28094206861732065766572206b6e6f776e2e | has ever known.
| 2054686520464343207761732063686172746572 | The FCC was charter
| 656420746f2070726f6d6f746520636f6d706574 | ed to promote compet
| 6974696f6e2c20696e6e6f766174696f6e2c2061 | ition, innovation, a
| 6e6420696e766573746d656e7420696e206f7572 | nd investment in our
| 206e6574776f726b732e20496e20736572766963 | networks. In servic
| 65206f662074686174206d697373696f6e2c2074 | e of that mission, t
| 68657265206973206e6f20686967686572206361 | here is no higher ca
| 6c6c696e67207468616e2070726f74656374696e | lling than protectin
| 6720616e206f70656e2c2061636365737369626c | g an open, accessibl
| 652c20616e64206672656520496e7465726e6574 | e, and free Internet
| 2e2049207468616e6b2074686520436f6d6d6973 | . I thank the Commis
| 73696f6e65727320666f7220686176696e672073 | sioners for having s
| 6572766564207468697320636175736520776974 | erved this cause wit
| 682064697374696e6374696f6e20616e6420696e | h distinction and in
| 746567726974792c20616e642049207265737065 | tegrity, and I respe
| 637466756c6c792061736b207468656d20746f20 | ctfully ask them to
| 61646f70742074686520706f6c69636965732049 | adopt the policies I
| 2068617665206f75746c696e656420686572652c | have outlined here,
| 20746f2070726573657276652074686973207465 | to preserve this te
| 63686e6f6c6f6779e28099732070726f6d697365 | chnology s promise
| 20666f7220746f6461792c20616e642066757475 | for today, and futu
| 72652067656e65726174696f6e7320746f20636f | re generations to co
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| 676574207370656369616c2074726561746d656e | get special treatmen
| 742e20536f2c204920616d20616c736f2061736b | t. So, I am also ask
| 696e67207468652046434320746f206d616b6520 | ing the FCC to make
| 66756c6c20757365206f6620746865207472616e | full use of the tran
| 73706172656e637920617574686f726974696573 | sparency authorities
| 2074686520636f75727420726563656e746c7920 | the court recently
| 757068656c642c20616e64206966206e65636573 | upheld, and if neces
| 7361727920746f206170706c79206e6574206e65 | sary to apply net ne
| 757472616c6974792072756c657320746f20706f | utrality rules to po
| 696e7473206f6620696e746572636f6e6e656374 | ints of interconnect
| 696f6e206265747765656e207468652049535020 | ion between the ISP
| 616e64207468652072657374206f662074686520 | and the rest of the
| 496e7465726e65742e3c2f74743e3c2f6c693e3c | Internet.</tt></li><
| 6c693e3c74743e3c7374726f6e673e4e6f207061 | li><tt><strong>No pa
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| 7374726f6e673e2053696d706c79207075743a20 | strong> Simply put:
| 4e6f20736572766963652073686f756c64206265 | No service should be
| 20737475636b20696e206120e2809c736c6f7720 | stuck in a slow
| 6c616e65e2809d20626563617573652069742064 | lane because it d
| 6f6573206e6f74207061792061206665652e2054 | oes not pay a fee. T
| 686174206b696e64206f6620676174656b656570 | hat kind of gatekeep
| 696e6720776f756c6420756e6465726d696e6520 | ing would undermine
| 746865206c6576656c20706c6179696e67206669 | the level playing fi
| 656c6420657373656e7469616c20746f20746865 | eld essential to the
| 20496e7465726e6574e28099732067726f777468 | Internet s growth
| 2e20536f2c20617320492068617665206265666f | . So, as I have befo
| 72652c204920616d2061736b696e6720666f7220 | re, I am asking for
| 616e206578706c696369742062616e206f6e2070 | an explicit ban on p
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| 6e6420616e79206f746865722072657374726963 | nd any other restric
| 74696f6e20746861742068617320612073696d69 | tion that has a simi
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| 3e3c2f756c3e3c703e3c74743e49662063617265 | ></ul><p><tt>If care
| 66756c6c792064657369676e65642c2074686573 | fully designed, thes
| 652072756c65732073686f756c64206e6f742063 | e rules should not c
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| 656e20666f7220495350732c20616e642063616e | en for ISPs, and can
| 206861766520636c6561722c206d6f6e69746f72 | have clear, monitor
| 656420657863657074696f6e7320666f72207265 | ed exceptions for re
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| 6167656d656e7420616e6420666f722073706563 | agement and for spec
| 69616c697a656420736572766963657320737563 | ialized services suc
| 68206173206465646963617465642c206d697373 | h as dedicated, miss
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| 732073657276696e67206120686f73706974616c | s serving a hospital
| 2e2042757420636f6d62696e65642c2074686573 | . But combined, thes
| 652072756c6573206d65616e2065766572797468 | e rules mean everyth
| 696e6720666f722070726573657276696e672074 | ing for preserving t
| 686520496e7465726e6574e2809973206f70656e | he Internet s open
| 6e6573732e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c7474 | ness.</tt></p><p><tt
| 3e5468652072756c657320616c736f2068617665 | >The rules also have
| 20746f207265666c656374207468652077617920 | to reflect the way
| 70656f706c65207573652074686520496e746572 | people use the Inter
| 6e657420746f6461792c20776869636820696e63 | net today, which inc
| 72656173696e676c79206d65616e73206f6e2061 | reasingly means on a
| 206d6f62696c65206465766963652e2049206265 | mobile device. I be
| 6c6965766520746865204643432073686f756c64 | lieve the FCC should
| 206d616b652074686573652072756c6573206675 | make these rules fu
| 6c6c79206170706c696361626c6520746f206d6f | lly applicable to mo
| 62696c652062726f616462616e64206173207765 | bile broadband as we
| 6c6c2c207768696c65207265636f676e697a696e | ll, while recognizin
| 6720746865207370656369616c206368616c6c65 | g the special challe
| 6e676573207468617420636f6d65207769746820 | nges that come with
| 6d616e6167696e6720776972656c657373206e65 | managing wireless ne
| 74776f726b732e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c | tworks.</tt></p><p><
| 74743e546f2062652063757272656e742c207468 | tt>To be current, th
| 6573652072756c6573206d75737420616c736f20 | ese rules must also
| 6275696c64206f6e20746865206c6573736f6e73 | build on the lessons
| 206f662074686520706173742e20466f7220616c | of the past. For al
| 6d6f737420612063656e747572792c206f757220 | most a century, our
| 6c617720686173207265636f676e697a65642074 | law has recognized t
| 68617420636f6d70616e6965732077686f20636f | hat companies who co
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| 2069732077687920612070686f6e652063616c6c | is why a phone call
| 2066726f6d206120637573746f6d6572206f6620 | from a customer of
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| 7573746f6d6572206f6620612064696666657265 | ustomer of a differe
| 6e74206f6e652c20616e642077687920796f7520 | nt one, and why you
| 77696c6c206e6f742062652070656e616c697a65 | will not be penalize
| 6420736f6c656c7920666f722063616c6c696e67 | d solely for calling
| 20736f6d656f6e652077686f206973207573696e | someone who is usin
| 6720616e6f746865722070726f76696465722e20 | g another provider.
| 497420697320636f6d6d6f6e2073656e73652074 | It is common sense t
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| 7068792073686f756c6420677569646520616e79 | phy should guide any
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| 94207768657468657220612070686f6e65206361 | whether a phone ca
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| 6174612e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c74743e | ata.</tt></p><p><tt>
| 536f207468652074696d652068617320636f6d65 | So the time has come
| 20666f72207468652046434320746f207265636f | for the FCC to reco
| 676e697a6520746861742062726f616462616e64 | gnize that broadband
| 2073657276696365206973206f66207468652073 | service is of the s
| 616d6520696d706f7274616e636520616e64206d | ame importance and m
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| 79206f6620746865206f7468657220766974616c | y of the other vital
| 20736572766963657320646f2e20546f20646f20 | services do. To do
| 746861742c20492062656c696576652074686520 | that, I believe the
| 4643432073686f756c64207265636c6173736966 | FCC should reclassif
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| 207365727669636520756e646572205469746c65 | service under Title
| 204949206f66207468652054656c65636f6d6d75 | II of the Telecommu
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| 2073657276696365732e20546869732069732061 | services. This is a
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| 743e496e766573746d656e7420696e2077697265 | t>Investment in wire
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| 676e6974696e67206e657720706f6c6974696361 | gniting new politica
| 6c206d6f76656d656e74732c20616e6420627269 | l movements, and bri
| 6e67696e6720636f6d6d756e697469657320636c | nging communities cl
| 6f73657220746f6765746865722c206974206861 | oser together, it ha
| 73206265656e206f6e65206f6620746865206d6f | s been one of the mo
| 7374207369676e69666963616e742064656d6f63 | st significant democ
| 726174697a696e6720696e666c75656e63657320 | ratizing influences
| 74686520776f726c64206861732065766572206b | the world has ever k
| 6e6f776e2e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c7474 | nown.</tt></p><p><tt
| 3ee2809c4e6574206e65757472616c697479e280 | > Net neutrality
| 9d20686173206265656e206275696c7420696e74 | has been built int
| 6f2074686520666162726963206f662074686520 | o the fabric of the
| 496e7465726e65742073696e6365206974732063 | Internet since its c
| 72656174696f6e20e28094206275742069742069 | reation but it i
| 7320616c736f2061207072696e6369706c652074 | s also a principle t
| 6861742077652063616e6e6f742074616b652066 | hat we cannot take f
| 6f72206772616e7465642e2057652063616e6e6f | or granted. We canno
| 7420616c6c6f7720496e7465726e657420736572 | t allow Internet ser
| 766963652070726f766964657273202849535073 | vice providers (ISPs
| 2920746f20726573747269637420746865206265 | ) to restrict the be
| 737420616363657373206f7220746f207069636b | st access or to pick
| 2077696e6e65727320616e64206c6f7365727320 | winners and losers
| 696e20746865206f6e6c696e65206d61726b6574 | in the online market
| 706c61636520666f722073657276696365732061 | place for services a
| 6e642069646561732e2054686174206973207768 | nd ideas. That is wh
| 7920746f6461792c204920616d2061736b696e67 | y today, I am asking
| 20746865204665646572616c20436f6d6d756e69 | the Federal Communi
| 636174696f6e7320436f6d6d697373696f6e2028 | cations Commission (
| 4643432920746f20616e73776572207468652063 | FCC) to answer the c
| 616c6c206f6620616c6d6f73742034206d696c6c | all of almost 4 mill
| 696f6e207075626c696320636f6d6d656e74732c | ion public comments,
| 20616e6420696d706c656d656e74207468652073 | and implement the s
| 74726f6e6765737420706f737369626c65207275 | trongest possible ru
| 6c657320746f2070726f74656374206e6574206e | les to protect net n
| 65757472616c6974792e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c | eutrality.</tt></p><
| 703e3c74743e5768656e20492077617320612063 | p><tt>When I was a c
| 616e64696461746520666f722074686973206f66 | andidate for this of
| 666963652c2049206d61646520636c656172206d | fice, I made clear m
| 7920636f6d6d69746d656e7420746f2061206672 | y commitment to a fr
| 656520616e64206f70656e20496e7465726e6574 | ee and open Internet
| 2c20616e64206d7920636f6d6d69746d656e7420 | , and my commitment
| 72656d61696e73206173207374726f6e67206173 | remains as strong as
| 20657665722e20466f7572207965617273206167 | ever. Four years ag
| 6f2c207468652046434320747269656420746f20 | o, the FCC tried to
| 696d706c656d656e742072756c65732074686174 | implement rules that
| 20776f756c642070726f74656374206e6574206e | would protect net n
| 65757472616c6974792077697468206c6974746c | eutrality with littl
| 6520746f206e6f20696d70616374206f6e207468 | e to no impact on th
| 652074656c65636f6d6d756e69636174696f6e73 | e telecommunications
| 20636f6d70616e6965732074686174206d616b65 | companies that make
| 20696d706f7274616e7420696e766573746d656e | important investmen
| 747320696e206f75722065636f6e6f6d792e2041 | ts in our economy. A
| 66746572207468652072756c6573207765726520 | fter the rules were
| 6368616c6c656e6765642c2074686520636f7572 | challenged, the cour
| 7420726576696577696e67207468652072756c65 | t reviewing the rule
| 7320616772656564207769746820746865204643 | s agreed with the FC
| 432074686174206e6574206e65757472616c6974 | C that net neutralit
| 792077617320657373656e7469616c20666f7220 | y was essential for
| 70726573657276696e6720616e20656e7669726f | preserving an enviro
| 6e6d656e74207468617420656e636f7572616765 | nment that encourage
| 73206e657720696e766573746d656e7420696e20 | s new investment in
| 746865206e6574776f726b2c206e6577206f6e6c | the network, new onl
| 696e6520736572766963657320616e6420636f6e | ine services and con
| 74656e742c20616e642065766572797468696e67 | tent, and everything
| 20656c73652074686174206d616b657320757020 | else that makes up
| 74686520496e7465726e6574206173207765206e | the Internet as we n
| 6f77206b6e6f772069742e20556e666f7274756e | ow know it. Unfortun
| 6174656c792c2074686520636f75727420756c74 | ately, the court ult
| 696d6174656c792073747275636b20646f776e20 | imately struck down
| 7468652072756c657320e28094206e6f74206265 | the rules not be
| 6361757365206974206469736167726565642077 | cause it disagreed w
| 69746820746865206e65656420746f2070726f74 | ith the need to prot
| 656374206e6574206e65757472616c6974792c20 | ect net neutrality,
| 62757420626563617573652069742062656c6965 | but because it belie
| 7665642074686520464343206861642074616b65 | ved the FCC had take
| 6e207468652077726f6e67206c6567616c206170 | n the wrong legal ap
| 70726f6163682e3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c703e3c | proach.</tt></p><p><
| 74743e5468652046434320697320616e20696e64 | tt>The FCC is an ind
| 6570656e64656e74206167656e63792c20616e64 | ependent agency, and
| 20756c74696d6174656c79207468697320646563 | ultimately this dec
| 6973696f6e2069732074686569727320616c6f6e | ision is theirs alon
| 652e20492062656c696576652074686520464343 | e. I believe the FCC
| 2073686f756c64206372656174652061206e6577 | should create a new
| 20736574206f662072756c65732070726f746563 | set of rules protec
| 74696e67206e6574206e65757472616c69747920 | ting net neutrality
| 616e6420656e737572696e672074686174206e65 | and ensuring that ne
| 697468657220746865206361626c6520636f6d70 | ither the cable comp
| 616e79206e6f72207468652070686f6e6520636f | any nor the phone co
| 6d70616e792077696c6c2062652061626c652074 | mpany will be able t
| 6f20616374206173206120676174656b65657065 | o act as a gatekeepe
| 722c207265737472696374696e67207768617420 | r, restricting what
| 796f752063616e20646f206f7220736565206f6e | you can do or see on
| 6c696e652e205468652072756c6573204920616d | line. The rules I am
| 2061736b696e6720666f72206172652073696d70 | asking for are simp
| 6c652c20636f6d6d6f6e2d73656e736520737465 | le, common-sense ste
| 70732074686174207265666c6563742074686520 | ps that reflect the
| 496e7465726e657420796f7520616e6420492075 | Internet you and I u
| 7365206576657279206461792c20616e64207468 | se every day, and th
| 617420736f6d65204953507320616c7265616479 | at some ISPs already
| 206f6273657276652e2054686573652062726967 | observe. These brig
| 68742d6c696e652072756c657320696e636c7564 | ht-line rules includ
| 653a3c2f74743e3c2f703e3c756c3e3c6c693e3c | e:</tt></p><ul><li><
| 74743e3c7374726f6e673e4e6f20626c6f636b69 | tt><strong>No blocki
| 6e672e3c2f7374726f6e673e204966206120636f | ng.</strong> If a co
| 6e73756d65722072657175657374732061636365 | nsumer requests acce
| 737320746f20612077656273697465206f722073 | ss to a website or s
| 6572766963652c20616e642074686520636f6e74 | ervice, and the cont
| 656e74206973206c6567616c2c20796f75722049 | ent is legal, your I
| 53502073686f756c64206e6f7420626520706572 | SP should not be per
| 6d697474656420746f20626c6f636b2069742e20 | mitted to block it.
| 54686174207761792c20657665727920706c6179 | That way, every play
| 657220e28094206e6f74206a7573742074686f73 | er not just thos
| 6520636f6d6d65726369616c6c7920616666696c | e commercially affil
| 6961746564207769746820616e2049535020e280 | iated with an ISP
| 942067657473206120666169722073686f742061 | gets a fair shot a
| 7420796f757220627573696e6573732e3c2f7474 | t your business.</tt
| 3e3c2f6c693e3c6c693e3c74743e3c7374726f6e | ></li><li><tt><stron
| 673e4e6f207468726f74746c696e672e3c2f7374 | g>No throttling.</st
| 726f6e673e204e6f722073686f756c6420495350 | rong> Nor should ISP
| 732062652061626c6520746f20696e74656e7469 | s be able to intenti
| 6f6e616c6c7920736c6f7720646f776e20736f6d | onally slow down som
| 6520636f6e74656e74206f722073706565642075 | e content or speed u
| 70206f746865727320e28094207468726f756768 | p others through
| 20612070726f63657373206f6674656e2063616c | a process often cal
| 20e28094206261736564206f6e20746865207479 | based on the ty
| 7065206f662073657276696365206f7220796f75 | pe of service or you
| 7220495350e280997320707265666572656e6365 | r ISP s preference
| 732e3c2f74743e3c2f6c693e3c6c693e3c74743e | s.</tt></li><li><tt>
| 3c7374726f6e673e496e63726561736564207472 | <strong>Increased tr
| 616e73706172656e63792e3c2f7374726f6e673e | ansparency.</strong>
| 2054686520636f6e6e656374696f6e2062657477 | The connection betw
| 65656e20636f6e73756d65727320616e64204953 | een consumers and IS
| 507320e280942074686520736f2d63616c6c6564 | Ps the so-called
| 206973206e6f7420746865206f6e6c7920706c61 | is not the only pla
| 636520736f6d65207369746573206d6967687420 | ce some sites might
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