Hilary Bryan

I'm a teacher - i depend on a fair internet

I am a teacher and an artist. I depend on free internet to publicize my dance classes to students. I depend on the free internet to tell my audience about upcoming performances. I depend on a free internet to communicate with colleagues who are working in my field of interest across the country and overseas. I depend on a free internet to arrange travel and teaching jobs around the world (in the past 7 year i have taught and performed in Taiwan, Russia, New Zealand, Germany, and Slovakia all thanks to connections made on our free internet). Please don't ruin this critical resource!!!!!!!!

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.