by Robert Reich

"'Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government," tweets Republican Sen. Ted Cruz today in response to the President’s call for stronger government regulations to prevent the biggest and wealthiest Internet users from getting faster lanes than anyone else. Once again, Cruz is dead wrong.

The practical way to accomplish net neutrality is to reclassify broadband providers as “common carriers,” like telephone companies, under the Telecommunications Act. But Internet Service Providers like Comcast (America’s largest ISP) and Time Warner (the nation’s second-largest) are strongly opposed, as is Cruz and the Republican right.

If Comcast and Time-Warner remain opposed, the Administration should bar them from merging, as they're trying to do. You agree?

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