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This paper explores the debate concerning tiered access and network neutrality models of broadband internet access in the US as spaces following Lefebvre's Production of Space. Comparing the development of early radio with the current broadband debate in the US, the paper explores the ways in which these spaces are conceived, lived, and perceived. The paper demonstrates that because technologies are inherently political, the point at which change can be effected in the system is at the technical rather than the political level. The paper examines the concept of a “critical juncture” in the context of Lefebvre’s spatial triad, making the argument that the politics inherent in technology should be taken into account when considering the point at which technological regulatory structures are mutable.