Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility

[Xithras]

45. I get it, but it's an incredibly hard thing to regulate.

I expect that Net Neutrality regulations are going to run into the exact same problem.

My company has a client that makes extensive use of telepresence meetings to coordinate their various international operations. To fix some quality issues, our network guys recently segmented their LAN/WAN into multiple VLAN's/VWAN's, with packet priority given to the telepresence video network. Setting up something like that on a phone or cable line would be trivial (and they may already be doing it, for all I know), and would provide a simple way to skirt any kind of Net Neutrality regulations. "This isn't the Internet, it's a private video/audio/data/phone network for our subscribers and is exempt."

Short of the FCC declaring that it has authority over all forms of I/P networking, I just don't see how that can be regulated. Where does the "Internet" stop, and the "Private Network" start?