*** Tell the FCC to Stand Up for Net Neutrality! ***

[SaveOurDemocracy]

This is as important a battle as any we face, IMO

Just imagine the internet controlled by the same 4-5 corporations who own our media. You can bet their goal will be to make it much more difficult for people to research, investigate and share information.

Please click the following link:

Save The Internet


Losing the Internet as We Know It
by Megan Tady

How much have you already used the Internet today?

We don't think twice about how much we rely on the Internet. Imagine not being able to map directions on Google or check the weather online. A business that doesn't have a Web site? Forgettable. Or rather, unsearchable. Remember when we didn't have e-mail? Would you want to go back to those Dark Ages? Me neither.

The Internet is in the very fabric of how we communicate, learn, shop, conduct business, organize, innovate and engage. If we lost it, we'd be lost.

But did you know that we're at risk of losing the Internet as we know it? Millions of Americans don't know that a battle over the future of the Internet is being played out right now in Washington. How it ends will have deep repercussions for decades to come.

On one side are public interest and consumer groups, small businesses, Internet entrepreneurs, librarians, civil libertarians and civil rights groups who want to preserve the Internet as it is - the last remaining open communications platform where anyone with access and a computer can create and consume online content.

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The principle of "Network Neutrality" is what makes this open communications possible. Net Neutrality is what allows us to go wherever we want online. Our relationship with the phone and cable companies stops when we pay for our Internet service. These companies can not block, control or interfere with what we search for or create online; nor can they prioritize some content over others...

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The Federal Communications Commission is crafting new Net Neutrality rules right now. The public has until Thursday at midnight to tell the FCC what we value about the Internet, and why we want the agency to create a strong Net Neutrality rule to protect it.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/12-9

edited to add link

[LaPera]

1. Very important! - K&R

[SaveOurDemocracy]

4. Thanks ... pass it on. :o)

I hope everyone clicks the link and supports the fight. It's not just a petition, it's an actual 'filing' with the FCC.


I already received a confirmation along with the following:

Your filing will be available for viewing online one (1) business day after the receipt of this confirmation. Filers are encouraged to retrieve and view their filing by going to http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs and clicking on the "Search for Filed Comments" link. For any problems contact the Help Desk at [e-mail] or 202-418-0193.

[pleah]

2. K&R

[Ignis]

3. K&R

Don't let the techno-babble confuse you, DUers: Do some research on this issue and you'll understand why Net Neutrality is important for We The People.

[Generic Other]

5. done!

K and R

[Nikki Stone1]

6. K & R

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[SaveOurDemocracy]

7. Kick :o/