Alison Westermann

The Little Guy Should Win This Time!

From my use of the Internet as an educator in the field of Jewish education, I value and cherish the neutrality given to small, underfunded organizations whose goals are to disseminate information vital to my own growth and professional purposes. It would severely limit my own profession (to say the least) if Net Neutrality were revoked.

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.