Matthew Johnson

Net Neutrality will protect my business.

I own a computer company in Vineland, NJ. If large companies are allowed to manipulate the internet in whatever way they please, then my company and other companies like mine will be forced to pay tolls or fail as a business.

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.