The Net Neutrality Vote: Primary Documents

In the event you haven’t read entirely enough on the subject of today’s net neutrality vote by the Federal Communications Commission, I thought I’d gather up some of the primary documentation associated with what went down in Washington today.

If you’ve been following the issue, nearly nothing about the arguments will be new to you, but as I watched the meeting live today, I was struck by the thoroughness of the arguments both in favor of and against the rules, in particular the polar opposition in the views of Chairman Julius Genachowski and the lengthy, detailed dissent by Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell. With a little help from Scribd and YouTube I’ve embedded some samples of the day’s proceedings below.

First is the prepared statement by Genachowski.