Politicians, business and consumer groups used to agree on one government policy: “Hands off the internet.” Now, some internet service providers such as Verizon, AT&T and Comcast want to change the game. They want to stick it both to content providers such as CNN and to consumers, instead of just charging end-users as they do now.

Critics fret that this could end the internet as we know it. We think it may bring a better internet if government weighs policies carefully.