Content providers and broadband access providers may be divided over whether limited common carrier regulations should be applied to network management but the more important divide is the one between minority communities and access to the Internet.

According to the Hispanic Institute, in 2009, 46% of African Americans reported a broadband connection at home while 65% of white Americans reported having a broadband connection at their homes.

For English-speaking Latinos, 68% of this population had broadband connection at home, but for Spanish-speaking Latinos, only 32% had broadband connectivity at home.

In an economy that is information driven and where commerce and conducting business with government is increasingly reliable on the Internet, this is the divide that must be addressed. Unfortunately for net neutrality proponents, their arguments and their philosophy never address this most fundamental issue.