If you missed Mike McCurry on Hugh Hewitt’s radio talk show last Monday, you missed out on an interesting conversation touching on several important aspects of the debate over new Internet regulations. Hugh asked some tough questions, and Mike hit the right note on every one. Here’s one good section:

[B]ack in the Clinton years, we opted for a lightly regulated environment in which there would be not any kind of strong federal presence in deciding how the internet would unfold. And I think we made the right choice, because in the 1990’s until now, we’ve seen what’s happened as a result.

But [regulation to outlaw tiered Internet service] would reverse that. This would actually put the federal government and the FCC, for the very first time, in a very heavy regulatory position in deciding how the internet’s going to work in the future. And we just think that’s wrong. Net neutrality equals net regulation. That’s the bottom line.

Luckily, the entire segment is available online, so if you want to hear the whole thing, click here.