<P> "A series of tubes" is a phrase coined originally as an analogy by then - United States Senator Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) to describe the Internet in the context of opposing network neutrality . On June 28, 2006, he used this metaphor to criticize a proposed amendment to a committee bill . The amendment would have prohibited Internet Access providers such as AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon Communications from charging fees to give some companies' data a higher priority in relation to other traffic . The metaphor has been widely ridiculed, particularly because Stevens displayed an extremely limited understanding of the Internet, even though he was in charge of regulating it . Edward Felten, Princeton University professor of computer science, pointed out the unfairness of some criticisms of Stevens' wording, while maintaining that the underlying arguments were rather weak . </P> <Ul> <Li> I got it yesterday </Li> <Li> Problems listening to the files? See media help . </Li> </Ul>

Who said the internet is a series of tubes