With Memorial Day weekend upon us, countless Americans are finalizing plans for the long weekend and are looking for that one essential of all travel: the perfect reading material. Well, we here at the Hands Off the Internet blog are here to help you out. Allow us to recommend the newest report from the Small Business & Enterprise Council’s 21st Century Small Business Policy Series, titled Telecommunications Policy Choices & Entrepreneurs. Don’t let the title deceive you – this paper is a page-turner, particularly the section dealing with so-called net neutrality and its potential effect on consumers and small business. The bottom line? According to the SBEC,

“The decade-long run on a pro-investment policy with respect to telecommunications and the Internet has created historical and positive changes, as well as unlimited opportunities for entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Now is not the time to be ratcheting up regulation or regulatory uncertainty when untold billions in new investment dollars will be needed to increase broadband capacity, modernize and upgrade the infrastructure of the Internet and incentivize entrepreneurs to develop more innovations that awe and serve consumers.”

We couldn’t agree more, and that was just two sentences. So save yourself the drudgery of plane rides and lounging on the beach by picking up your own copy [PDF]. We promise you’ll thank us for it later.