Skype has supported the idea of net neutrality

It also is opposed to unreasonable bandwidth caps and believes that unreasonable limits on the use of an internet connections are illegal.

Skype filed its "wireless Carterphone" petition to the Federal Communications Commission
in the US.

So Jonathan Christensen, Skype's general manager for Video and Audio, and Christopher Libertelli, who leads Skype's Government Relations team in the Americas, were encouraged by developments involving the Obama team's transition at the FCC,

Christensen wrote on the main blog:

"Chris and I were excited to hear the news that the FCC transition team includes two honest-to-goodness thought leaders, both of whom have a keen understanding of the innovation that is occurring at the edge of the network: Kevin Werbach, (from the University of Pennsylvania, Supernova and ex Release 2.0 fame) and Susan Crawford (from the University of Michigan, Yale and One Web Day). Both understand how government policy is made. Kevin has been running one of the best internet and public policy conferences in recent memory and Susan, in particular, is one of the clearest and passionate advocates for openness on the Internet.

Christensen added: "The transition to the presidency of Barack Obama can only be a good thing for mobile openness and net neutrality in the US, and we can certainly do better than settling for 'competition' between the likes of Verizon and AT&T. Instead, these folks understand that a 'multi-modal' innovation policy will empower consumers to choose not merely between AT&T and Verizon, but between hundreds of software applications on the internet such as Skype.

"Skype believes that government policy which allows any app to run on any device, and on any network is the right thing for everyone, not just Skype users. Chris and I are hopeful that we are moving from a bankrupt era of deregulation and broadband indifference among legislators in North America to an era where policy is being made by the digital natives. We have a sneaking suspicion that innovation policy changes may be just around the corner..."