Foes of FCC net neutrality proposal are too hung up on second 'tier'

[Commentary] Opponents of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed Net neutrality rules denounced them before the text had even been released, reflecting how little this debate has been about policy and how much has been about slogans.

The actual proposal won't lead to a "two-tiered Internet," contrary to what its critics have been saying for weeks. It will lead to one with an unlimited number of potential tiers. Or none, depending on how you define the word. Whether the proposed rule actually could do what the notice asserts it would do is the subject of some debate. But then, that's why the FCC is taking public comments -- to gather evidence on whether Wheeler's proposal can achieve his stated goals, and whether there's a better route to the same end.