Tag: net neutrality

tarascarol:

This is your last chance to stop ISPs from messing up your Internet.

The FCC just announced its plan to slash net neutrality rules, allowing ISPs like Verizon to block apps, slow websites, and charge fees to control what you see & do online. They vote December 14th. But if Congress gets enough calls, *they* can stop the FCC. [ Click here to be directed to battleforthenet.com where you can input your phone number. We’ll connect you to your congress representative and provide a suggested script of what to say. Your phone number will only be used to make this call. Privacy Policy ]

What is net neutrality? Why does it matter?

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online. In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). The rules prohibit Internet providers from blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization—"fast lanes" for sites that pay, and slow lanes for everyone else.

We are Team Internet. We support net neutrality, freedom of speech.

Nearly everyone who understands and depends on the Internet supports net neutrality, whether they’re startup founders, activists, gamers, politicians, investors, comedians, YouTube stars, or typical Internet users who just want their Internet to work as advertised—regardless of their political party. But don’t take our word for it. Ask around, or watch some of these videos.

They are Team Cable. They want to end net neutrality, to control & tax the Internet.

Cable companies are famous for high prices and poor service. Several rank as the most hated companies in America. Now, they’re lobbying the FCC and Congress to end net neutrality. Why? It’s simple: if they win the power to slow sites down, they can bully any site into paying millions to escape the “slow lane.“This would amount to a tax on every sector of the American economy. Every site would cost more, since they’d all have to pay big cable. Worse, it would extinguish the startups and independent voices who can’t afford to pay. If we lose net neutrality, the Internet will never be the same.

On July 12, 2017, thousands of us protested to defend Internet freedom.

In just one day, websites large and small participated in one of the biggest online protests ever, reaching tens of millions of people, driving over 2 million comments to the FCC and over 5 million emails—and over 124,000 calls—to members of Congress.

Now, we must convince Congress to stop the FCC. Can you display an alert?

We need your help. Congress could come out to stop the FCC, but generating calls in every House district requires massive amounts of traffic. You can display a prominent alert on your site that shows the world what the web will look like without net neutrality—and asks your visitors to call. Click here for a demo or grab the code on GitHub. None of these will actually block, slow, or paywall your site. But, they will let your users contact their representatives in Congress without having to leave your page. They appear once per user per day and users can easily click away. Just add this line of code to your site’s header:

https://widget.battleforthenet.com/widget.js

siroliverbishop:

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squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They don’t care about people being unable to find jobs or connect to friends and family or a lifeline for suicidal – esp minority and young – people.

Hit them in their wallets, the one thing they DO care about. 

Net neutrality is the only reason many of you who most need it are still able to access this page. 

If your local authorities could order me blocked, would they? 

For many of you, that answer is probably a firm yes. So let’s put up a fight now, before the internet is jeopardized in the US and potentially starts a censorship ripple effect elsewhere.

Also, don’t copy and paste things. Don’t copy them word for word. Change it up a bit because if they get the same e-mail a thousand times they’ll start ignoring them

bassicfish:

roccondil:

squireofgotham:

roccondil:

squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

This is an interesting proposition.

So, if the FCC gets rid of Net Neutrality, and the telecom companies start raising prices, you’ll stop buying their internet?

Gee, that sounds so similar to the conservative point of view.

This is literally capitalism.

The next step after getting rid of Net Neutrality (which was non-existent up until two years ago, and the internet was doing relatively fine up until then) we just need to start getting rid of area monopolies so that companies are forced to compete directly with each other for out dollars rather than legislate for our dollars… and we can get Google Fiber, Verizon Fios, and other high-speed network infrastructure into more places faster… and cheaper!

Assuming you drank the koolaid, which it totally sounds like you did!!! (Or you’re bought and paid for, but I’m not going into conspiracy. I’m just gonna assume you don’t understand.)

“The Internet was doing fine until then” is complete and utter bullshit! 😀

You want to avoid monopolies? Don’t LET A FUCKING COMPANY HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT PARTS OF THE INTERNET YOU SEE. THAT IS LITERALLY OWNING THE KEYS TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET AND HANDING THEM OUT TO YOUR RICH BUDDIES ONLY. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DO YOU CONSIDER A MONOPOLY?

A monopoly is when one group controls all of a thing. So I consider Net Neutrality a monopoly.

So you’d like Trump’s government to control what you see? Same difference, except with private corporations, you can pay with your wallet, as this post is suggesting we threaten the FCC and the corporations with. Whereas with a government monopoly, (in this case run by the FCC, a government group consisting of members that we have never actually voted for, by the way) the government will do whatever it pleases with the rules… and the corporations have a direct line into the FCC, by the way (for example, Ajit Pai, the chairman, used to be with Verizon. I cannot imagine Verizon not using that connection no matter which way the vote moves)

Going to your metaphor, I’d rather the keys to the internet be spread around to many holders (the various corporations) rather than only one single key be held by one group (Trump’s government).

great, but net neutrality is not a group. it’s a principle protected by a law. the fcc already has authority, the point here is to get them to keep the law in place.

^^^ Thank you! It’s like, this argument is so bizzare because the CIA, FBI, and NSA don’t magically go away if this gets repealed. If the government really wanted to block content from us, they could law or no law.

Repealing Net Neutrailty would just be giving greedy corporations the option to regulate even more than what’s being regulated right now.

roccondil:

squireofgotham:

roccondil:

squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

This is an interesting proposition.

So, if the FCC gets rid of Net Neutrality, and the telecom companies start raising prices, you’ll stop buying their internet?

Gee, that sounds so similar to the conservative point of view.

This is literally capitalism.

The next step after getting rid of Net Neutrality (which was non-existent up until two years ago, and the internet was doing relatively fine up until then) we just need to start getting rid of area monopolies so that companies are forced to compete directly with each other for out dollars rather than legislate for our dollars… and we can get Google Fiber, Verizon Fios, and other high-speed network infrastructure into more places faster… and cheaper!

Assuming you drank the koolaid, which it totally sounds like you did!!! (Or you’re bought and paid for, but I’m not going into conspiracy. I’m just gonna assume you don’t understand.)

“The Internet was doing fine until then” is complete and utter bullshit! 😀

You want to avoid monopolies? Don’t LET A FUCKING COMPANY HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT PARTS OF THE INTERNET YOU SEE. THAT IS LITERALLY OWNING THE KEYS TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET AND HANDING THEM OUT TO YOUR RICH BUDDIES ONLY. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DO YOU CONSIDER A MONOPOLY?

A monopoly is when one group controls all of a thing. So I consider Net Neutrality a monopoly.

So you’d like Trump’s government to control what you see? Same difference, except with private corporations, you can pay with your wallet, as this post is suggesting we threaten the FCC and the corporations with. Whereas with a government monopoly, (in this case run by the FCC, a government group consisting of members that we have never actually voted for, by the way) the government will do whatever it pleases with the rules… and the corporations have a direct line into the FCC, by the way (for example, Ajit Pai, the chairman, used to be with Verizon. I cannot imagine Verizon not using that connection no matter which way the vote moves)

Going to your metaphor, I’d rather the keys to the internet be spread around to many holders (the various corporations) rather than only one single key be held by one group (Trump’s government).

I’m hearing “Verison is gonna fuck us no matter what, so bend over and take it.” Yet in the last post of yours, you touted Verizon’s service like it was a good thing.

I’m also hearing: “we will be in the Trump government forever.” Also not true.

I’m hearing: “I trust big daddy dollar more than the people I can vote for.” Also, wanting a small government is a conservative thing, too. Since you accused me of the same?

And again. Again and again and again. I really want to drive home the point: people cannot afford repeal. People can not afford cable, hardly at all anymore. The Internet is more than tv. It connects more than commerce. But you should know this, from literally every other post besides mine. It will effect schools, messaging, hospitals, airfare, the way we find information, the way we find news. I could go on but I don’t really need to because so many others before me have!

A flat rate for these things, which have become so ingrained in our society that they are near-necessities, should not be boxed and butchered into premium packages. The Internet will not prosper from this. It will lose money. The entire world will lose money as consequence, and so many more things that will matter to you.

Accuse me of sounding conservative, but hey, that was my point? This post could have been titled “How to speak like a conservative, to a conservative, for a liberal cause.” And I would be 100% okay with that. Because that was my intention.

techiewidget:

squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

The FCC is like EA. They don’t listen to complaints, only to money. When gamers got outraged over the loot box system in Star Wars Battlefront II, they voted with their wallets, which made EA’s stocks lose $3.1 billion in value and Disney pissed at EA.

When an ISP wants to be a total douchebag towards you, VOTE with your wallet. Make them LOSE money.

To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet

kerryrenaissance:

republicansareahategroup:

antifeminism-proegalitarian:

czechs-and-holdings:

Good, yes, 100% in support of this!

Just wondering how this could work

A town in colorado just voted to do just that

and a town in Massachusetts did it last year 

Turns out when these local governments do it it ends up being cheaper for everyone, and they often offer cell service too (The Massachusetts town had cell service for 10$ and internet for 25-45 depending on speed. Most residents had a 40% drop in cost)

I think it’s important to remember we built the Internet in the first place. People leaving DARPANet brought it home with them, and spread it to their communities. We created WWIVnet and FIDOnet, which were precursors of the Internet as we know it today. BBSes were the social media of their day. (I know at least one local one that eventually grew up to become a local ISP.)

What we are now came out of those early hand-curated efforts.

I like to believe that since we did it once, we can do it again.

To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet

Once more for old time’s sake

staff:

🔥 With your help, we passed Title II net neutrality protections. Now we need to defend it.🔥

On December 14 the FCC will vote on Commissioner Pai’s plan to repeal Title II rules. This week he tried to justify that decision with a “myth busting” explainer where he makes a lot of sweeping claims he doesn’t think you’ll fact check. 

So let’s go through his big points:

❌ Mr. Pai claims ISPs won’t block access or throttle content

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These are the real facts. Before Title II, the internet was so “free and open” that… 

  • Comcast blocked P2P file sharing services (EFF).
  • AT&T blocked Skype from iPhones (Fortune) and, later, wanted FaceTime users to pay for a more expensive plan (Freepress).
  • MetroPCS blocked all streaming video except YouTube (Wired).

In today’s media market where the same huge companies make and deliver content, Commissioner Pai wants us to trust that corporations won’t use their dominance to bury competitive content or services. 

❌ Mr. Pai claims Title II keeps ISPs from building new networks

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Here’s another claim Commissioner Pai doesn’t want you to fact check, but:

  • AT&T’s own CEO told investors that the company would deploy more fiber optic networks in 2016 than 2015 when the FCC passed Title II protections (Investor call transcript). 
  • Charter’s CEO said “Title II, it didn’t really hurt us; it hasn’t hurt us” (Ars Technica).  
  • And Comcast actually increased investment in their network by 10% in Q1 of this year (Ars). 

❌ Mr. Pai claims repealing Title II won’t hurt competition

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As we mentioned above, ISPs tried to interfere with the services their customers could access and courts had to step in to stop them.

The FCC tried to craft net neutrality rules in 2010 called the Open Internet Order but the ISPs sued and won. The courts told the FCC that the only way to guarantee a free and open internet was using their Title II authority. Without those protections, any of these things would be legal:

  • Your ISP launches a streaming video service and starts throttling other streaming services until they’re unusable.
  • Your phone company cuts a deal with a popular music streaming service so it doesn’t count towards your data cap but lowers your overall data limit. If a better service comes along (or your favorite artist releases new tracks somewhere else) you can’t use it without incurring huge data fees.
  • A billionaire buys your ISP and blocks access to news sites that challenge their ideology. 

Repealing Title II would be like letting a car company own the roads and banning a competitor from the highways.

❌ Mr. Pai claims there won’t be fast lanes and slow lanes

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Let’s break this down: We won’t have fast lanes and slow lanes, we’ll have “priority access” and…non-priority access? Well gosh.

🚨 Please help us protect Title II one more time! 🚨

This week we co-signed a letter with more than 300 other companies—businesses Mr. Pai gleefully ignores—urging the FCC to retain the Title II internet protections. Now we need you.

Go to 👉 Battle For The Net 👈  to start a call with your representatives in Congress. Tell them to publicly support Title II protections. 

The FCC votes on December 14.

We’re only powerful when we work together.

Oh, also: that post about automatically unfollowing the #net neutrality tag—it’s not true. It’s really not. That’s not who we are. Whatever happened, we haven’t been able to reproduce it. We tried. A lot.

But if it were true—which it’s not, we feel compelled to say again—THAT’S EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES and demand a free, open, and neutral internet.

We can do this one more time, guys! ❤️

boshnivolo:

squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

I would focus on Mike O’Reilly.

Carr published some bullshit on the Washington Post titled “No, the FCC is not killing the Internet” so I think he’s pretty set on voting for the repeal.

The man is so beyond out of touch so everybody, please contact O’Reilly.

Boosting this addition!

I’ll edit my source post again to add this information. Thank you!

thetasteoffire:

flame-emojji:

squireofgotham:

Millennials are Killing the Internet

I’ve already commented on one post, but I can’t with a clean conscience sit by without making my own.

I see so many posts about Net Neutrality, and while I think it’s tremendous how many of you are emailing the FCC, some of those emails aren’t going to change minds.

Some of you are emailing the chairman himself. Ajit Pai was a former Verison employee. It doesn’t matter how many emails you send to him. You could literally tell him that you depend on the Internet’s resources to live, and he would not bat an eye.

Many of you are putting in your emails that hospitals and schools will see troubles. I appreciate the effort, but when these men are the very same men who have already taken SO MUCH from hospitals and schools, will they?

What you NEED to do, is speak their language. That language is dollar signs. Make your voice sound like MONEY THEY WILL BE LOSING.

We live in a nation where restaurants are failing because no one can afford a $20 meal anymore. What makes the FCC think we can afford more than $60 Internet? E-commerce is essential to the US economy. If users are forced to go through paywall after paywall, they will STOP purchasing anything off the Internet. The nosedive in stocks will be the likes of nothing you’ve ever seen.

Without the freedom to choose which websites we visit, the internet, for many of you on Tumblr like me, will become virtually meaningless. Make THAT the message you spread to these two “Yes votes.” Tell them that if the Internet becomes just like cable TV, which none of us are able to afford, they will LOSE the few dollars we have.

They’ll be interested in hearing that.

These are the emails of the two FCC members voting “yes” on the repeal of NN. If anyone’s mind is going to be changed. It has to be one of these guys. And it has to be before December 14th.

Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov

Mike.O’Rielly@fcc.gov

If we speak their language, there may still be hope. Good luck, everyone.

Also, I know people don’t want to hear this, but being rude, telling them to go fuck themselves/die, insulting them is NOT going to change their minds. It really isn’t. In fact, they may keep their stance out of spite. Be professional, have someone proofread your emails. I’m willing to proofread anyone’s email.

My most recent letter:

“

Messrs. Carr & O’Rielly-You have no doubt received an innumerable number of emails concerning Net Neutrality, so allow me to be both brief and to the point: it is bad business. From an ethical standpoint, considering the roots of the internet, what it means, and the people who depend on it, but also from a business standpoint. When we’re honest about the purpose of repealing Net Neutrality, we know it’s to raise prices – else every ISP in the country wouldn’t be lining up every three years to repeal it (this is third time I have engaged in letter-writing about Net Neutrality, along with the accompanying phone calls, in order to keep such regulations in place). They see more money in it, and I understand that, though I believe it to be short-sighted.Because raised prices are precisely the last thing the ISPs should pursue right now.
Why? Well, how many industries that have shrunk or disappeared have we seen attributed to “millennials” and their fickle, unpredictable spending habits? Let me clear that air, gentlemen- we buy what we can afford and what brings us the best value. Period. And internet is a priority for most, yes- but if prices go up, we will see internet go the way of Applebee’s, McDonald’s, and the diamond industry. It will simply become Not Worth It to purchase our own package. People cannot afford more than they are currently paying – and moreover, everyone knows the kind of corporate shenanigans and pressure these ISPs are exerting every few years (similar behaviors, in fact, to those that the FTC and the FCC have been unable to curb, and will be less able to under your plan. The FTC is not nearly as toothed as your citizens would like). If a repeal of Net Neutrality happens, I know more than a few folks won’t be able to buy internet at the increased rates, and an overwhelming number of people who will use the internet at work or at libraries or similar simply to avoid paying for their own, knowing that they are hurting ISPs and choosing this because the company made their life difficult. Our internet prices are already frankly embarrassingly low in value compared to nearly every other industrialized country in the world, and this lack of revenue and price-stratification will only set the clock back. The consequences will be disastrous for anyone with a website.I hope to appeal to your logic, but also to your awareness of your ethical responsibilities, and to your business sense: the largest internet-using demographic will no longer be able to afford it, should prices go up. And when you have the backing of as many big businesses as you do, you can be assured that prices will go up. In other words, I disagree with many of your detractors that you are “killing” the internet with this repeal; quite the converse. A repeal would in fact, merely allow the internet providers to commit suicide. Please reconsider your positions and maintain a free and neutral internet.

-[thetasteoffire’s real name]