 Delight went out on the street and asked people if they knew what net neutrality was. And I'm sure you can imagine the results were highly entertaining. So take a look at this, we'll be right back. I think about net neutrality every day because I'm a huge nerd and Tim Wu is my hero. But I'm here in the Flatiron District in New York to ask these people what they think about it. If they even know what it is, and most importantly, if they think anything should be done about it. What is net neutrality? What? Net neutrality. I have no idea. I have no idea. I have no idea. Um, I don't know. So I've seen various YouTube tutorials or, you know, explanations of net neutrality and all of them make sense once I finish watching them. But when you ask me what it is, it's fairly complicated to explain. So let me ask you a question, who owns the internet? I want to say people own the internet. The people. The data is owned by the people that have the data on their servers and the connections to the data is owned by the ISPs, the providers. You know, the problem really is, this is basically impossible to explain. I mean, what can you say? Do you want to pay more for YouTube? So do you think like, Verizon could say, like, you can go to every site on the internet except for YouTube? No. If you, no? I don't think they should. But if you want YouTube, you have to pay an extra $5? No, absolutely not. No, that's not stupid. I think that's the point of YouTube. It wouldn't be cool, but it's business. This is awful. Nobody knows what net neutrality is. When they do find out, they don't want to talk about it because it's really political. But in the spirit of this election year, I'm going to get desperate. I'm calling Barack Obama and I'm calling Mitt Romney. Let's see what they have to say. This is Emily. I'm going to help you. Hi. Where does the president stand on net neutrality? On net neutrality? Yeah. Do you know what net neutrality is? No, I don't. Why don't you tell me a little bit about it? So who should have more regulatory power over the internet? The government or Verizon? Verizon. Even though Verizon sells you a product, they should be the ones to determine how that product works. That makes sense because if anything ever goes wrong, you know who to go to. Romney for President. Scott speaking. Hi there. I'm really interested in voting for Mitt Romney. But I have a policy question. I'm just wondering what his position on net neutrality is. On the net neutrality? Let's see here. I don't recall if it's come up as a major issue on the campaign that I can recall, but I've got a source for you that can tell you. You want to call the policy hotline? Thank you for calling the Romney for President National Headquarters. Your call is in port side. If you'd like to leave a message, please do so now. I'm going to go back to the fucking phone tree. I've got to say, Mitt, you can't just keep on putting me into robot town like this. You know what happens when you press zero when you call Romney Headquarters? It tells you to wait, and then it takes you to the top of the phone tree. So this has been the worst day of my life. Nobody knows what net neutrality is. Nobody cares about it. Nobody even really wants to talk about it with me. Not even the president or Mitt. I thought Mitt would be on my side. So I'm going to go. I'm going to take a break. Maybe have a drink. Maybe throw myself in front of a bus. Good night, Internet. It was nice knowing you. An upsetting story, one we hope will find an end someday.
 Delight went out on the street and asked people if they knew what net neutrality was.
 And I'm sure you can imagine the results were highly entertaining.
 So take a look at this, we'll be right back.
 I think about net neutrality every day because I'm a huge nerd and Tim Wu is my hero.
 But I'm here in the Flatiron District in New York to ask these people what they think about it.
 If they even know what it is, and most importantly, if they think anything should be done about it.
 What is net neutrality?
 What? Net neutrality. I have no idea.
 I have no idea.
 I have no idea.
 Um, I don't know.
 So I've seen various YouTube tutorials or, you know, explanations of net neutrality and all of them make sense once I finish watching them.
 But when you ask me what it is, it's fairly complicated to explain.
 So let me ask you a question, who owns the internet?
 I want to say people own the internet.
 The people.
 The data is owned by the people that have the data on their servers and the connections to the data is owned by the ISPs, the providers.
 You know, the problem really is, this is basically impossible to explain.
 I mean, what can you say? Do you want to pay more for YouTube?
 So do you think like, Verizon could say, like, you can go to every site on the internet except for YouTube?
 No.
 If you, no?
 I don't think they should.
 But if you want YouTube, you have to pay an extra $5?
 No, absolutely not.
 No, that's not stupid.
 I think that's the point of YouTube.
 It wouldn't be cool, but it's business.
 This is awful.
 Nobody knows what net neutrality is.
 When they do find out, they don't want to talk about it because it's really political.
 But in the spirit of this election year, I'm going to get desperate.
 I'm calling Barack Obama and I'm calling Mitt Romney.
 Let's see what they have to say.
 This is Emily. I'm going to help you.
 Hi. Where does the president stand on net neutrality?
 On net neutrality?
 Yeah. Do you know what net neutrality is?
 No, I don't. Why don't you tell me a little bit about it?
 So who should have more regulatory power over the internet?
 The government or Verizon?
 Verizon.
 Even though Verizon sells you a product, they should be the ones to determine how that product works.
 That makes sense because if anything ever goes wrong, you know who to go to.
 Romney for President. Scott speaking.
 Hi there. I'm really interested in voting for Mitt Romney.
 But I have a policy question. I'm just wondering what his position on net neutrality is.
 On the net neutrality? Let's see here.
 I don't recall if it's come up as a major issue on the campaign that I can recall, but I've got a source for you that can tell you.
 You want to call the policy hotline?
 Thank you for calling the Romney for President National Headquarters.
 Your call is in port side. If you'd like to leave a message, please do so now.
 I'm going to go back to the fucking phone tree.
 I've got to say, Mitt, you can't just keep on putting me into robot town like this.
 You know what happens when you press zero when you call Romney Headquarters?
 It tells you to wait, and then it takes you to the top of the phone tree.
 So this has been the worst day of my life.
 Nobody knows what net neutrality is. Nobody cares about it.
 Nobody even really wants to talk about it with me.
 Not even the president or Mitt. I thought Mitt would be on my side.
 So I'm going to go. I'm going to take a break. Maybe have a drink.
 Maybe throw myself in front of a bus.
 Good night, Internet. It was nice knowing you.
 An upsetting story, one we hope will find an end someday.