Recent opponents of network neutrality are trying to rebrand the idea as "network neutering." We say—bring on the scalpel.

Win the words, win the war? That's the thinking of some network neutrality opponents, who are on a campaign to rebrand the concept as "net neutering."

The campaign gained traction at the Wall Street Journal last week, where an editorial page writer took a courageous stand against FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's "net-neut initiative." The editorial, called "Neutering the 'Net," argues that the idea is "perhaps the most talked-about, least-seen bogeyman in the history of bogeymen" because the US has such a competitive marketplace for broadband that ISPs can't "run their systems on any basis other than trying to keep customers maximally happy." Net neutrality, therefore, could do nothing but stifle innovation. [...]

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