One thing the Federal Communications Commission chairman, Tom Wheeler, seems to have overlooked in his widely loathed proposal for a net neutrality overhaul is that if the Internet has a fast lane, it must, necessarily, have a slow lane.

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If you like celebrities with your protests, then the pro-strong net neutrality camp has those, too. On Tuesday, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Portlandia’s Fred Armisen, along with many others, sent a letter to Wheeler to express their concerns. Per the letter, allowing ISPs greater control “shifts power away from individual artists and creators and interferes with freedom of speech and expression.” There are even Occupy-style encampments, petitions, and protests outside the FCC planned for May 15, when the FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote on Wheeler’s proposal.

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