Now you've descended from Steenbergen's hair-splitting between "on-net routes" (the mechanism) vs. "on-net access" (the actual product) into Simpson's straight-up lying. ITIF is not opposed to network neutrality in principle, having released a paper on "A Third Way on Network Neutrality", http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=63. There is not a single ultra-conservative on the ITIF board, they're all either moderate Democrats or moderate Republicans. I'm letting most of this childish venting slide, but I will point out the bald-faced lies. RB William Allen Simpson wrote:
They're opposed to net neutrality, and (based on his comments and several of the papers) still think the Internet is some kind of bastard child that needs adult supervision in the middle -- by which they mean themselves /in loco parentis/.
Looking at the board, it's populated by ultra-conservative wing-nut Republicans, and some Conservadems (as we call them in political circles, they call themselves "centrists") from the "New Democrat Caucus" for "bi-partisan" cover. And lots of lobbyists -- Federal lobbyists -- who seem to list their educational clients on their bio, but not whether they are also employed by a firm that represents other clients....
-- Richard Bennett Research Fellow Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Washington, DC