I swear some of these politicians are slower than Netflix on Verizon Fios. I guess better late then never but between Reid and Obama each respective politicians stories should have been published back in January not August. As I've frequently pointed out with Reid he's had more then enough time to make strong public statements against the name of an 80 year old football team name but only recently found the time to provide an updated defense towards net neutrality.
Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes - The Washington Post
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The last time President Obama weighed in on net neutrality, it was to offer a vague, tepid response — claiming to support the idea without really defining how he understood it. It was a big contrast from what he'd previously said on the campaign trail in 2008.
On Tuesday, however, Obama offered a much more forceful defense of net neutrality, more clearly describing what activities he viewed as antithetical to the open Internet. Addressing reporters at a summit for African leaders in Washington, Obama said making the Internet more accessible to some at the expense of others was against his administration's policy:
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