John Butler

Net Nutrality Promotes Free Speech

I get most of my news and information from the internet. If a few large companies are able to control the flow of information then I would no longer be able to trust the information I get from that source. Already television and radio news is compromised. The internet is the only way left to get news that is not owned by big 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.