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> [If you have an internet service provider that's capable of slowing down other sites, or putting other sites out of business, or favoring their own friends and affiliates and customers who can pay for fast lanes, that's a horrible infringement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/if-you-have-an-internet-service-provider-that-s-capable-of-slowing/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

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## More by Michael Copps

> [If you have an internet service provider that's capable of slowing down other sites, or putting other sites out of business, or favoring their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/if-you-have-an-internet-service-provider-that-s-capable-of-slowing/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [Journalism continues to go south, thanks to big media and its strangulation of news, and there's not much left in the way of community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/journalism-continues-to-go-south-thanks-to-big-media-and-its/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [You cannot be a fully functioning 21st-century citizen in America unless you have access to high-speed broadband. It's as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/you-cannot-be-a-fully-functioning-21st-century-citizen-in-america/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [We should be leading, and we’re not. We need to get serious about broadband, we need to get serious about competition, we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/we-should-be-leading-and-we-re-not-we-need-to-get-serious-about/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [There's just the unabashed and unprecedented and disgusting level of money in politics. I don't blame just the Republicans; the Democrats are just about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/there-s-just-the-unabashed-and-unprecedented-and-disgusting-level-of/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [Maybe a better way to put it on this Halloween Day is to say, 'It's not a trick or much of a treat, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/maybe-a-better-way-to-put-it-on-this-halloween-day-is-to-say-it-s-not/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting ballots. Without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/people-depend-on-the-open-internet-to-connect-and-communicate-with/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

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