Recently the House Republican leadership of Representatives John Boehner and Eric Cantor, among others, sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Administration Committee requesting to be able to use video conferencing tools like Skype to communicate with constituents.

Although the letter was framed in the expected tone—decrying unwieldy government requirements while celebrating free market solutions—it does have some merit. Skype and other programs like it are an increasingly popular form of communication. Utilizing such commonly used video conferencing software opens the door to innovative possibilities for improved Congress-citizen communication.

But let’s dig a little deeper in this story. Last fall, Representatives Boehner and Cantor sent President Obama a letter stating that they were “extremely surprised and disappointed” that the FCC would begin a proceeding on Net Neutrality.

The letter goes on to restate the usual telecom industry anti-Net Neutrality talking points that Free Press has discredited over and over again.

Despite what the large internet service providers would like you to believe, a diversity of opinion exists within the business community. In the FCC’s public notice on Net Neutrality, the very proceeding these lawmakers opposed, Skype submitted strongly worded comments in support of Net Neutrality. It warned that if corporations such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T were allowed to dictate internet traffic patterns the result would have a “crippling effect” on innovative third party applications.

Skype argued that robust Net Neutrality protections are critical to its future business success.

And Skype is not alone in these views. Most of the companies you know and love on the Internet, including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, and Twitter, have clearly expressed their support for FCC action to protect Net Neutrality . The same is true for prominent technology investors and venture capitalists funding the next generation of Internet innovators.

This brings the story full circle. The current House Republican leadership just authored one letter highlighting their desire to use a program like Skype while a previous letter stated their opposition to Net Neutrality, the very policy Skype says is crucial to its continued survival. If these lawmakers are truly eager to continue using Skype in the future they would do well to actually listen to Skype, and the views of other Internet businesses out there, and rethink their caucus’s current opposition to Net Neutrality protections.