With this author and a lot of people, I agree that network neutrality is vital to the social benefits of the internet, and that the "public utility" model is best. The question, however is how to get there.
Historically, once big-money, rent-seeking [1] entities start profiting from some arrangement, it becomes extremely hard to dislodge them, because they protect their position by hijacking the government to their interests.
There's a little cause for hope in that there might be a mass protest like with SOPA.