The Federal Communications Commission last month launched a 120-day public comment period regarding proposed net neutrality regulations.

Now, thanks in large part to comedian John Oliver's call to arms, the agency is drowning in public opinion.

On Monday, the FCC twice tweeted about technical difficulties with its online comment system "due to heavy traffic."

Perhaps because, during Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (below), the host suggested that Internet trolls turn their attention from YouTube videos of dancing 3-year-olds to the fight against a changing Web.

"I would like to address the Internet commenters out there directly," Oliver said, taking a deep breath.

"Good evening, monsters. This may be the moment you've spent your whole lives training for," he continued. "Like Ralph Macchio, you've been honing your skills waxing cars and painting fences. Well guess whatnow it's time to do some f**king karate."

Those still struggling to understand net neutrality and the FCC's proposed changes can watch Oliver's 10-minute refresher course below. "The point is, the Internet in its current form is not broken," he said. "And the FCC is currently taking steps to fix that."

Last month, a divided Commission voted to proceed with Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal, which requires broadband providers to adhere to "commercially reasonable" standards.

The agency will now accept comments on the proposal until July 15. A second round of reply comments, which allows folks to address issues brought up in the first round, will run until Sept. 10.

"For once in your life, we need you to channel that anger, that badly spelled bile that you normally would reserve for unforgivable attacks on actresses you seem to think have put on weight, or politicians that you disagree with, or photos of your ex-girlfriend getting on with her life," Oliver pleaded to Internet commenters.

"We need you to get out there, and for once in your lives, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction. Seize your moments, my lovely trolls. Turns on caps lock, and fly my pretties," he exclaimed.

Individuals and large corporations are already submitting their thoughts via the Web or snail mail, filing hundreds of comments within the first 24 hours.

A number of early filers used a form provided by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to express concern about a pay-to-play Internet, while others are urging the FCC to reclassify broadband as a telecom service rather than information service, giving the agency more authority.

For more, see Net Neutrality: What's Really Happening?, as well as Net Neutrality and the Ghettoization of the Internet.

Also watch PCMag Live in the video below, which discusses the still-unaccessible FCC comment system.

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