The future of the Internet is... regulation?

Academics and policymakers gathered in Boulder (CO) to debate the future of Internet regulation. When it comes to Network Neutrality, some want rules now, but Verizon's CTO and others argue that government should focus on "real" problems, not crazy hypotheticals. The issue of regulatory interventions in the Internet was the chief topic of concern at the event, since one of the only things that everyone at the conference could agree on was that, like it or loathe it, the regulators are coming.