Hi,
It’s finally happening.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is voting tomorrow to begin
the process of restoring net neutrality protections — six years after net
neutrality was repealed under Donald Trump’s FCC chair and former Verizon
lawyer Ajit Pai.^1
This is a huge step in our fight to save the free and open internet, but
Comcast, Verizon, and other ISPs have proven that they will use every
dirty trick in the book to block, weaken, or delay FCC action on net
neutrality. To mobilize the grassroots support needed to defeat Big Cable
and restore net neutrality, we need supporters like you to chip in.
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including standing up to Big Cable to finally restore net neutrality?
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Net neutrality is the principle that says all traffic on the internet must
be treated the same and prevents Big Cable from creating internet slow
lanes for everyday people.
In 2015, the FCC set strong net neutrality rules when it passed the Open
Internet Order, which correctly classified broadband access under Title II
of the Communications Act.
But Trump's FCC Chair Ajit Pai wasted no time in trashing net neutrality
standards and repealed this order in 2017 — even though the vast majority
of Americans support net neutrality.^2
We’ve seen the consequences of rolling back net neutrality and Title II
protections in the years since.
Verizon throttled traffic for firefighters during massive wildfires.^3
Sprint has slowed data speeds on Skype to favor its own video calling
service.^4 Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T were caught throttling YouTube and
Netflix.^5 Comcast has imposed internet speed limits for customers who
don't pay extra fees.^6
Since President Biden took office, Comcast and their Big Cable lobbyist
friends have spared no expense ensuring gridlock at the FCC, including a
disgusting smear campaign that took down President Biden’s first FCC
nominee and created more than two years of delay.^7
Now that the FCC has a full commission, we’re closer than ever before to
seeing rules restored to protect a free and open net. But we also know the
lengths Big Cable will go to pad their bottom line and stop net
neutrality.
That’s why we need a massive show of public support for a free and open
internet.
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate $10 Demand Progress Action and support
their work, including restoring net neutrality once and for all.
With gratitude for all that you do,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress Action
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Sources:
1. CNN, "FCC to reintroduce rules protecting net neutrality," [ [link removed] ]September
26, 2023.
2. Office of the New York State Attorney General, "Attorney General James
Secures $615,000 from Companies that Supplied Fake Comments to Influence
FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules," [ [link removed] ]May 10, 2023.
3. NPR, "Verizon Throttled Firefighters' Data As Mendocino Wildfire Raged,
Fire Chief Says," [ [link removed] ]August 22, 2018.
4. Bloomberg, "Sprint Is Throttling Microsoft’s Skype Service, Study
Finds," [ [link removed] ]November 8, 2018.
5. Bloomberg, "YouTube, Netflix Videos Found to Be Slowed by Wireless
Carriers," [ [link removed] ]September 4, 2018.
6. Public Knowledge, "Broadband Providers Are Quietly Taking Advantage of
an Internet Without Net Neutrality Protections," [ [link removed] ]January 19, 2019.
7. NBC News, "Smear campaign targets nominee who would be FCC’s first
openly gay commissioner," [ [link removed] ]February 3, 2023.
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