Recognizing that the Internet has succeeded without onerous government control, MCA stands in agreement with dozens of members of the U.S. Congress, Republican and Democrat governors, and numerous state legislators from both sides of the aisle who have voiced their opposition to the "Net Neutrality" regulations recently proposed by the Federal Communications Commission. FCC regulation would stifle Internet investment and innovation, and would severely impede the ability of the Internet to continue to be one of the most positive drivers in an otherwise feeble U.S. economy.

MCA agrees with the 72 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who wrote in a recent letter to the FCC, "In light of the growth and innovation in new applications that the current regime has enabled, as compared to the limited evidence demonstrating any tangible harm, we would urge you to avoid tentative conclusions which favor government regulation."

MCA agrees with U.S. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., who recently stated in a letter to President Obama, "As Americans wade through the current economic situation, a decision by the FCC to discourage broadband investment would be irresponsible… The United States needs broadband providers to increase investment and create jobs. This will not occur if broadband providers are saddled with unnecessary, burdensome requirements that interfere with their ability to manage their networks and create innovative broadband products that maximize consumer choice and benefit."

MCA agrees with major non-profit organizations including the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Disability Institute who have expressed their opposition to the FCC's Net Neutrality proposal stating, "As organizations that serve communities that are among the most severely impacted by a lack of access to technology, we urge you to keep your number one focus on the need to get everyone connected. We are concerned that some of the proposed regulations on the Internet could, as applied, inhibit the goal of universal access and leave disenfranchised communities further behind."

Net Neutrality regulations will give the government unwarranted and unnecessary power to tell Internet Service Providers how to run their businesses, and would severely hamper future investment and innovation. Government interference would slam the brakes on the Internet, putting a halt to what current FCC commissioner Robert McDowell recently called "perhaps the greatest deregulatory success story of all time."

We hope you will join thousands of other consumers in demanding that the FCC stop pushing detrimental Net Neutrality regulations and simply leave the Internet alone so that it can remain the vibrant, global community of investors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and users that it has always been.