No Time to Lose: File Your Comments for Net Neutrality Right Now
By Megan Tady, January 13, 2010
Have you told the FCC you support Net Neutrality yet?
If not, what are you waiting for? Even as you read this post, you could already be letting the FCC know how important the Internet is to you and why you want them to protect it by passing a strong Net Neutrality rule.
The clock is ticking – really. The FCC is about to make a Net Neutrality rule. If done right, the new rule would preserve the Internet we rely on every day. But whether the FCC passes a strong rule depends on us.
Help make Net Neutrality the rule of the road by sending your comments to the agency. But you’d better send them soon: The FCC’s rulemaking docket closes at midnight tomorrow – that’s midnight on Thursday, Jan. 14.
Phone and cable companies have been busy stuffing the docket full of misinformation that could guide the FCC to make a rule that doesn’t serve the public interest. We have to counter their spin and misinformation. File your comments before it’s too late. It couldn’t be easier – Just use this form.
This is your chance to have a say in whether the Internet remains a crucial platform for free expression and innovation. Already, nearly 9,000 people have filed comments in the last week using this form. Help us grow those numbers so we can send a resounding message to the FCC: We want Net Neutrality and we want it now.
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Comments
Nationalize the ISP's!
The internet belongs to the public. It is, and should be, treated like a public utility. My internet activity is none of AT&T's or Comcast's damn business! Unlimited access to information is the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy. The internet is the foundation of unlimited access to information! The internet is also the future of commercial interaction.
If AT&T and Comcast can't mind their own damn business, then I say we, the people, commence condemnation proceedings (eminent domain) against them, take their companies away from them.
"The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country and feels no passion or principle but that of gain." -- Thomas Jefferson. There are some things in which commerce does not belong.
net neutrality
This issue is critical to the rebuilding of the American workforce. The degree of corporate interference, and the number of successful efforts to impose measures to benefit corporations at the expense of the public, will determine whether or not the US will regain traction in the world marketplace. It is in the best interests of the country to place reasonable rules and conditions on communications companies to ensure the free flow of information/ideas, and protect the ability of the general population to participate.