I write to strongly oppose the FCC's current plan to roll back Title II
regulation of internet service providers.

The internet has become a central and necessary part of modern American life,
no less so than electricity and running water. As such it is in the best
interests of the American public for internet access to be regulated just like
any other utility.

Wire-line internet access is a natural monopoly with an extremely high barrier
for new providers to enter the market. For this reason, free market competition
is not now and can never be sufficient to serve the interests of the public.
Incumbent providers with existing infrastructure enjoy an essentially
unassailble competitive advantage, and have already demonstrated that they are
willing to exploit and abuse this position to maintain their monopolies and
unfairly interfere with the ability of other service providers to compete for
customer share.

The FCC's Title II oversight is the best currently available tool to prevent
these abuses and protect innovation and competition in the market for internet-
based services.