Joanna Conrad-Pacelli

Net Neutrality = Patriotism. Gatekeeping does not.

I could not fulfill my duties to society as a responsible citizen without the equal access to information Net Neutrality provides. Every other source of information in our country now must pass through "gatekeepers" who serve no one's interests but their own. Limiting equal access to information is not conducive to maintaining a free democratic society.

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.