Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time. Today, a blog can load as fast as the Wall Street Journal — and, if the blog is good, it can get more traffic than any media conglomerate. But if bigger companies can pay for faster, priority Internet access, that blogger no longer has a shot. And these big companies know that when they pay for access, they win. They want preferred treatment on the Internet like the preferred treatment they get in the rest of their lives.

Senator Al Franken (August 19, 2010). "Sen. Franken's Speech to Free Press Group in Minneapolis". Franken.senate.gov (United States Senate). Retrieved on March 17, 2012.