Vint Cerf Carriers Quotations

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas.

In the absence of any meaningful competition in the consumer broadband market, and without?consumer safeguards, one would expect carriers to have the economic incentive -- and the opportunity -- to control users' online activities.

The Internet's open, neutral architecture has proven to be an enormous engine for market innovation, economic growth, social discourse, and the free flow of ideas. Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success.