Greg Elenbaas

Please Preserve Net Neutrality!

Dear FCC,

Please Preserve Net Neutrality! The principle of Net Neutrality is vital for a healthy society. Having the net being neutral gives everyone an opportunity to share their beliefs ideas and opinions. It fits in with our American principle of Equal opportunity. Having the net being neutral has allowed me to do scholarly research, stay up to date on the news, and communicate with friends, all of which are functions that make a democracy strong. If the internet is privatized, the corporations will be in control of what goes in and out of the internet, giving them power to filter and charge higher rates for content they don't approve of, something which is very very undemocratic. Preserve net neutrality, because a neutral net will save and keep our country strong.

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.

Sincerely,
Greg Elenbaas