15 SEP 14 is the deadline for public comment to the FCC / Federal Communications Commission on the proposed new rules regarding the internet and net neutrality. If the ISPs / Internet Service Providers, like verizon, comcast, aol, cox, at&t and time warner to name a few, get their way they will take over the internet and be allowed to regulate the speed with which we are able to access everything on the net based on how much we pay. Be assured it will not be cheap, these companies are not interested if fair and equal access for all to the internet, they are greedy and will increase fees for internet access to everything and if you don't pay for premium access you will be restricted to the slow lane on the net. Here is your chance to submit your comments to the FCC before 15 SEP, hope you do and that you share this with others. From +Daily Kos ....Tell the FCC: Give us net neutrality and stop the Comcast Time Warner merger
Today (4 SEP 14), in a major speech about the future of broadband, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler somehow managed to avoid talking about net neutrality.
Given the topic of the speech, and the looming September 15 deadline for public comments on proposed FCC net neutrality rules, it’s concerning that he still has not come out in favor of protecting an open internet.
With September 15 approaching fast, it’s time to keep piling on the pressure. Tell the FCC to protect real net neutrality. Let Tom Wheeler know he can't avoid us.
Wheeler's speech focused mainly on how to expand access to and promote competition in the broadband marketplace--which sounds great. But, he also talked himself in circles, leaving us to wonder: Will he use Title II common carrier status to protect net neutrality and make the internet a public utility available to all? Will he deny the proposed mega-merger of Comcast and Time Warner?
If Wheeler truly wants to expand broadband and increase competition, this is his path:
- Use Title II authority to promote broadband expansion and to prevent Big Telecom from creating fast and slow lanes on the internet.
- Reject the Comcast Time Warner merger. If you want to promote competition, you don’t allow 2 of the 4 national broadband providers to merge.
Please, take a moment to sign and send a personal comment to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging him to do the right thing.
Keep fighting,
Rachel Colyer
Campaign Director, Daily Kos
Battle for the Net: Write and send your comment to the FCC urging them to preserve net neutrality
September
15 marks the end of the public comment period at the FCC about the
proposed net neutrality rules, which threaten the internet as we know
it.As the proposed rules stand, Big Cable and Telecom providers will legally be able to control the speed of service—including creating a fast lane for corporations, and slowing-down service to independent sites—like Daily Kos, to outright blocking content they don’t want on their networks. Fundamentally, we are in a fight to determine who controls the internet—people or corporations.
We can’t let this happen—which is why we are embroiled in the Battle for the Net.
We need you to help us win by presenting record-breaking numbers of unique public comments. Will you take a few minutes of your time to write a completely unique comment below, in your own words expressing why we need to preserve net neutrality on the internet? This unique expression is the most important way for you to make an impact at the FCC.
If you need some background, here it is:
Net neutrality has been the default state of the internet since its invention—internet service providers load all websites at the same speed. Now, Big Telecom wants to change the rules so they can extract more money from websites by making them pay to be served to customers at faster speeds.
In order to preserve net neutrality, the FCC needs to ban Big Telecom from creating these so-called “fast-lanes” which only large companies could afford. Start-ups and independent sites like Daily Kos would be left behind and crushed.
The FCC has tried protecting net neutrality twice before, and been defeated by Big Telecom in court both times. In order to legally prevent Big Telecom from destroying net neutrality once again, the FCC should assert authority it already has under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934 to regulate the internet as a public utility. This legal argument offers the most protection for real net neutrality to prevent ISPs from controlling content speed and blocking websites.
After a meeting with Chairman Wheeler in May, he told us that he pays the most attention to hand crafted comments in the docket which share personal experiences. Right now, net neutrality has already received an impressive percentage of personal comment. We need you to add to that number.
Join the growing number of organizations, businesses, and people who are committed to battle for the open internet.
Please use the form below to write and send the FCC your personal story and thoughts about why an open internet, free from corporate control by AT&T, Time Warner, Comcast, and Verizon is essential to your life. Original, personal emails are basically the only public comments Chairman Wheeler takes seriously. (These comments will be part of a public record).
Below are a few writing prompts for you, if you need some inspiration. But please don't send exactly what we have suggested. The most important thing is that the email comes from you, in your words, to urge Chairman Wheeler to protect real net neutrality.
How do you feel about allowing Big Telecom to extract more money from companies that operate on the internet and allowing Internet Service Providers to make deals that would prioritize content consumers can access?
Are you a student, educator, business owner, tele-health user, or any other person that depends on the internet?
Are you concerned about the first amendment implications of prioritizing, blocking, or slowing down access to information on the internet?
Why are you concerned about a pay-to-play internet arrangement with Big Telecom as gatekeepers? Tell the FCC why net neutrality is important to you.
Links to look at: Net Neutrality: How did we get here and where do we go now, This 13-year-old wants you to help save the internet, John Oliver on net neutrality "Call it preventing cable company f***ery", and FCC Chair Wheeler's convoluted path to net neutrality
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