there are too many people to thank but i would be remiss if i did not mention -- claude aiken roger sherman jimlickly joe thank you. and michael jansen. i must thank two people in my office especially. louie perez and rebecca goodhart who will work days on end to see that it item is right. i take you very much. but last but not least i would like to thank you, the american people. more than 4 million of you wait -- weighed in. thank you for your role in framing this historic order. today, because of your effort, we are better able to allow millions of americans to tell their stories, to reach their potential, and to realize the american ideal. thank you very much. >> thank you commissioner. [applauds] thank you for your leadership on this recognizing that as nmrmr. lewis said every voice matters. >> there has been a little noise on the way to this decision. so i am going to do something radical. i'm going to be brief. our internet economy is the envy of the world. we invented it. the applications economy began right here on our shores. the broadband below us and the airwaves all around us deliv

roger sherman and jim of the wireless telecommunications bureau and claude aiken matt and melissa ofthe wire line competition bureau. melissa will present the item. >> good morning. mr. chairman and commissioners. >> good morning. >> at the outset, the order before you sets forth three bright line rules to ban conduct that we know threatens the open internet. first, broadband providers may not block access to legal content, application, services or non harmful devices. second, they may not impair or degrade lawful internet traffic on the basis of content, services or any other services. third, they may not favor some internet traffic over other traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind. in other words, no fast lanes. as in the commission's 2010 order, today's order also adopts a standards for judging concerns on a case by case basis. that standard will prohibit providers from interfereing with or unreasonably disadd advantaging edge providers from reaching one another. all of these providers other than the ban on paid prioritization are a common sense exception. but the order