Janese Johnson

Net Neutrality helps my family stay connected.

Now that all 5 of my adopted children are grown and have moved away, the internet has been a critical avenue for communication and sending pictures. I also use it for learning, research, and reading my news daily. Since I am self employed, and have a very modest income, and my children are struggling to make ends meet, the end of net neutrality would feel like a disaster to our family unity.

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.