“Simply put: No service should be stuck in a ‘slow lane’ because it does not pay a fee. That kind of gatekeeping would undermine the level playing field essential to the Internet’s growth,” the President argued. A free and open internet is asked all around the world by people in the streets. They say „Save the Internet. The activists petitionned the American President to ask to reclassify Internet service providers as ‘common carriers’ which, if upheld, would give the FCC a distinct set of regulatory tools to promote net neutrality. He expressed this expectation saying:“ I believe the FCC should reclassify consumer broadband service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act — while at the same time forbearing from rate regulation and other provisions less relevant to broadband services.“ A reaction from the part of Comcast Corp., one of the most important Internet providers, was made public after Obama’s speach. Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen said in a statement that the White House proposal “would be a radical reversal that would harm investment and innovation.“
