Redux

In all fairness, I think it was bi-partisan, although I'm pretty sure Republicans raised the "states rights" issue....that states should ultimately have the right to tax internet services in a manner similar to telephone (state sales/use taxes) and/or cable (local franchise fees and/or taxes).

But net neutrality has nothing to do with taxes....red herring.

While the big telecoms and ISPs might own the cables, servers, routers, ect. they don't own the airwaves and public land where those cables are located, and with the use of the public "right of way" comes the right of the public to stipulate conditions for access to that land and airwaves.

The government would not be mandating what these companies CAN or MUST do (or what type of content or services they can or must host)....another red herring.

They would be telling them what they CANNOT do..and that is restrict or limit access through the pipelines and air waves, built and operating on PUBLIC rights of way, based on (legal) content and/or type of services/applications.