Posts tagged Net Neutrality

If you’re anything like me, the words “net neutrality” and “open Internet” don’t exactly get the party going on your computer screen at lunch. At a convening of ethnic journalists yesterday in San Francisco, media justice activist Malkia Cyril compared the discussions around net neutrality to “talking about the galaxy: Who cares?” Sure, it’s important stuff. And yeah, we know it’s out there.

On Monday, February 15th, groups across the country, including Main Street Project, the organization I work for, participated in a National Day of Action in support of broadband access and Net Neutrality.

If you’re running a successful business today, chances are that you have a Web presence, or rely daily on the Internet. If you’re looking to launch a startup or finally dive into the creative idea you’ve been sitting on since college, you’ll need the Internet.

This is the sixth and final post in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: why open Internet rules are in the public interest.

This is the second in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: reasonable network management.

It’s been one amazing week for Net Neutrality. More than 20,000 people filed pro-Net Neutrality comments with the FCC before the docket closed at midnight Thursday night. It was a remarkable outpouring of public support.

For marginalized groups, the Internet is a powerful vehicle for equal opportunity and empowerment. It creates social change by allowing people to speak for themselves without having to convince large media companies that their voices are worthy of being heard.

Last Friday, an appeals court heard arguments on Comcast v. FCC, which centered on the landmark 2008 FCC Net Neutrality ruling ordering Comcast to stop blocking users' ability to use peer-to-peer technologies like BitTorrent.

It feels like any other work day. You drove the same route to work. You ate the same breakfast. Around 11 a.m., you looked longingly out your window imagining yourself swinging in a hammock on a beach. Pretty routine.