Save the internet, reclassify ISPs as utilities.

The Internet has replaced traditional phone service as the most essential communications utility in the country, and is now as important as electricity was 100 years ago.
Truly high-speed wired Internet access is as basic to innovation, economic growth, social communication, and the country’s competitiveness as electricity was a century ago, but a limited number of Americans have access to it.
The U.S. government has allowed a small group of giant, highly profitable companies to dominate the broadband market, American consumers have fewer choices for broadband service, at higher prices but lower speeds, compared to dozens of other developed countries, including throughout Europe and Asia.* (Source: NY Times)
It’s time to reclassify ISPs as utilities in order to save the internet.