I love technology.  I love the Internet and how it has transformed many aspects of our lives.  I’ve worked in the IT field for 20+ years, and have seen telecommunications services change from my first 2400 baud modem to the 25Mbps access I have today.  The ‘open Internet’ has existed since before I used my first AOL account and got my first glimpse of the World Wide Web, though the neutrality of traffic wasn’t protected by law until 2015.  The open Internet has given humanity so much, such as accessible learning opportunities through sites like Wikipedia to the vast array of retail sites including novica.com who connects global artisans to buyers and pays them fair prices for their goods.  What is deeply troubling is that the United States of America is even considering not protecting the open status of the Internet, given the amazing success the open Internet has given us.  Telecommunications companies have profited greatly as the Internet has grown just as consumers and citizens have, but now we are at a cusp where the desire of telecom companies for even more profit will come at the expense consumers if the net neutrality protections are reversed.  If Net Neutrality is not protected, what new startup will fail because they could not afford the Internet ‘fast lane’?  
The lack of competition among ISPs in my area (and most areas across the United States) hinders my options as a consumer.  If my current ISP decides to implement restrictions on websites that I visit if net neutrality was negated, likely all other ISPs in my area would do the same in pursuit of higher profits.  The idea that not protecting net neutrality will lead to more competition ignores that fact that publicly traded companies will strive to maximize shareholder value.  Allowing ISPs to charge for fast lanes will enrich ISPs at the expense of consumers.
The only thing I use my ISP for is a telecommunications pipe to move packets from my network to the destination I specify.  I don’t want or need my ISP to provide cloud services, email, or any other service.  The notion that the FCC wants to re-classify ISPs as ‘Information Services’ instead of ‘Telecommunications Services’ in order to cater to the desires of the ISPs is not in the consumers best interest.  
I am appalled at the FCC’s handling of the ‘DDoS attack’ that took down the comment site for a period of time.  Network device logs could be released with IP addresses redacted, and the failure of the FCC to do this suggests a desire to keep the public in the dark.  I struggle to believe that not a single e-mail was exchanged between FCC staff during the ‘attack’.  I expect government agencies to be transparent to their constituents, and the way the FCC handled the freedom of information act requests is inexcusable.  I sincerely hope there is further congressional inquiry into the FCC’s response to the FOIA requests.
I implore the FCC to side with consumers and not ISPs in SUPPORTING Net Neutrality.  So far the Internet has been a level playing field, and I don’t want to think about what new startup will fail because they could not afford the Internet ‘fast lane’ due to the FCC failing to protect the ‘open Internet’.