Sen Markey: Feb. 26 To Be Internet Innovation Freedom Day

Title II fan Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) got together with network neutrality activists to celebrate the anticipated Federal Communications Commission vote to reclassify Internet access as a telecommunications service under some common-carrier regulations and warned that ISPs and others would pull out all the stops to discredit that effort.

In a conference call with reporters, Sen Markey praised Free Press, former FCC chairman Michael Copps, Public Knowledge and others with being digital Paul Reveres: "You have called us to arms, you have sounded the alarm. You have taken to the 'Net and to the streets in order to advocate for this new set of rules being put on the books." Sen Markey said network neutrality activists on Feb. 26 would be able to declare their greatest victory. He said that date would be christened "Internet Innovation Freedom Day" and added that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler and the agency would be on "the right side of history."