The global Internet infrastructure is commonly referred to as the ``information superhighway.'' And for good reason.

Like any highway needing to accommodate growth in traffic by building more lanes, Internet service providers in the past decade have invested hundreds of billions of dollars to build ever-faster lanes on the Internet. Today, we can enjoy downloads of the richest and most robust content in a matter of seconds. Never has a communications revolution occurred on such a grand scale.

For Hispanic Americans and others, this is a significant development. With the rapid deployment of new broadband networks last year, English-speaking Hispanics increased their subscription to broadband services by 46 percent.

As we move into an era in which Internet speeds will approach a gigabyte per second, everyone seems to be laying some claim to the real estate. But, in the Internet land rush, the coup de grace is a proposal known as "network neutrality.''