The Biggest FCC Vote Ever

[Commentary] We start off the new year with the good news that the Federal Communications will likely vote on net neutrality at its late February meeting. So we might -- just might -- be on the cusp of a decision to reverse the disastrous misclassification of broadband that the FCC made in 2002 for cable modem and a couple of years later for the rest of telecommunications. But good news isn’t done news. I hope no one is sitting back and assuming that just because that 13 year old decision was so dumb, the Commission will surely do the right thing now. Take it from someone who’s been there -- that’s not how the place works. I know five Commissioners who are all that stand in the way of the biggest communications land–grab in history. The legacy and the reputation of the current FCC depend upon what it decides next month. So, too, do our rights as citizens of a democracy that has a lot of work to do and that doesn’t need a hijacked Internet getting in our way.