why is it always "the government will run the internet"? Why can't it be "The government imposes standards to be followed by the private sector"? In topics like these, it always goes to "no government running my stuffs" type comments. Hell, if the government is looking at buying something that 100's of millions of americans use, they will get a hell of a better deal than anyone else out there do to them having such a huge bargaining ship.
Again, why does no one think, hey, maybe the government doesn't have to run it, maybe the government can mandate that certain standards are met and if the private sector fails to meet these standards, they get a specific license removed and can no longer offer service until they fix their issues.