Tracy Ahearn

Net Neutrality - A fundamental freedom to preserve

I feel like I've been called to fight the same battle that was already won last year! My sense of being an American is based on freedom of the individual and the whole as a group. Please ensure that net neutrality holds strong because it one way we can guarantee freedom of speech.

Net Neutrality is essential to free speech, equal opportunity and economic innovation in America. Since the FCC removed this basic protection in 2005, the top executives of phone and cable companies have stated their intention to become the Internet's gatekeepers and to discriminate against Web sites that don't pay their added tolls.

This fundamental change would end the open Internet as we know it. It would damage my ability to connect with others, share information and participate in our 21st century democracy and economy. The FCC must ensure that broadband providers do not block, interfere with or discriminate against any lawful Internet traffic based on its ownership, source or destination.