Rep. DeGette Doesn't Get It

Rep. Diana DeGette (D - CO), has penned an anti-open access commentary in C|Net News (The irony of 'network neutrality'). Her main complaint? Regulating access and regulating content and functionality are pretty much the same thing, they're both regulation and regulation is bad. Thus, we shouldn't regulate access. I had to double check that she was actually a Democrat. The commentary reads like talking points for a cable lobbyist. She even attacks the "stupid network" argument:

By effectively handcuffing broadband operators and restricting their rights to forge innovative relationships with other applications and content providers, the Microsoft crew is, in fact, seeking to dumb-down the heart of the network in order to strengthen the power of its own members.