President Obama has offered his full backing to the idea that Internet service should be treated as a utility: “Net neutrality has been built into the fabric of the Internet since its creation — but it is also a principle that we cannot take for granted. We cannot allow Internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas.” The future will not be buffered.

+ The NYT’s Upshot offers up a super-simple way to understand the Net Neutrality debate: “Is access to the Internet more like access to electricity, or more like cable television service?”

+ Most people who work in the Internet industry are reacting in much the same way as Chris Elliot in Cabin Boy.

+ In his strong opposition to net neutrality, Ted Cruz just made the point that… (whoops, out of bandwidth).