It cannot be denied that the internet is a necessary utility for gathering information, conducting business, procuring entertainment, and assisting in all other of aspects of life in the 21st century. It is the last completely open, equitable means of freely sharing and gaining information from anywhere for a single fee that does not change depending on which sites a user visits. As such, to place regulation of the internet in the hands of internet service providers (ISPs) would be a tragedy. In passing your deceptively-titled Restoring Internet Freedom Act, this regulation would remove the freedom of the internet from the people who actually use it and allow it to be treated as a cable subscription service, with websites packaged together and their access priced differently. The public would be restricted from accessing the online presence of individuals and companies who are not in the good graces of the ISPs, and the system could fall susceptible to bribes from politicians or other notable figures trying to suppress evidence of scandals. ISPs could dramatically slow down access to the sites of startups and private individuals who cannot afford to pay the ISPs for special treatment, and would thus have an even more difficult time gaining recognition from the internet in comparison to established sites that already get plenty of attention. This would discourage innovation and ensure the sites that already have the highest recognition will never be challenged. Without a doubt, the internet should be classified as a Title II public utility. ISPs have already been caught blocking and slowing down access to certain sites and services, particularly those with streaming video (citations at bottom). Their interest is not in the freedom of the public and of the users of their service; it is in making as much money as possible. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. There will not be internet freedom if ISPs are allowed to reign over the service. The internet has not worked "just so"; it has succeeded because the ISPs have been regulated by the FCC and made to behave, as cited in my examples. Your attempt at restricting end users, bleeding them for extra fees, and calling that "freedom" is a disgusting lie and you should be ashamed of yourselves. P.S. - Try looking into the source of the thousands of obviously fake messages of support that you received several months back. You know full well that those messages all had identical content, and stole the email addresses of people who had argued against you in order to make it look as though they favored the RIFA. You're not fooling anyone. Citations: https://www.cnet.com/news/telco-agrees-to-stop-blocking-voip-calls/ https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2013/09/18/verizons-plan-break-internet https://www.freepress.net/press-release/99480/att-blocking-iphones-facetime-app-would-harm-consumers-and-break-net-neutrality https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-fines-verizon-125m-for-blocking-tethering-apps/2012/07/31/gJQAXjRLNX_blog.html http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-blocking-google-wallet-2011-12 http://searchengineland.com/verizon-blocks-google-wallet-att-likely-to-do-the-same-103759 https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/11/07/06/verizons-illegal-app-blocking https://www.wired.com/2011/01/metropcs-net-neutrality-challenge/ http://fortune.com/2009/04/03/group-asks-fcc-to-probe-iphone-skype-restrictions/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-tests-agree-ap-comcast-forging-packets-to-interfere