Robert Hakes

IT'S ALL ABOUT FAIRNESS....

The single, most compelling premise, in all of the things this great country stands for, is FAIRNESS!

Net Neutrality is absolutely essential to insure fairness in Internet access and content availability. To foster free speech, equal opportunity and economic innovation in the American Internet, it is indispensable. Since 2005, when the Federal Communications Commission removed that basic protection, the upper management of cable and telephone companies have made their intention clear; to become the Internet's gatekeepers and to limit access to Web sites that don't pay their additional fees.

This fundamental change would signal the death-knell of the open Internet, as we know it today. It would dramatically restrict my ability to share information, to connect with others, and to participate in our economy and democracy of the 21st century. The FCC must ensure that broadband providers maintain a "level playing field" for all Internet subscribers and content providers. Those broadband providers/carriers must not block, interfere with or discriminate against any lawful Internet traffic based on its ownership, source or destination.

Indeed, it's all about fairness!