Author: Laurel L. Russwurm

afangirlamongotherthings:

#breaktheinternet

If the FCC succeeds, it will be the end of most of our first amendment rights.

World for The Web: Save Net Neutrality:

THE INTERNET IS GLOBAL

Those of us in the rest of the world can speak out here: https://act.openmedia.org/worldfortheweb

https://www.battleforthenet.com/

FCC explains how net neutrality will be protected without net neutrality rules:

This is the very definition of magical thinking.

Do you believe the telephone hookup person or cable repair technician will arrive when they say they will?  Why would you believe ISPs will police themselves?  

If ISPs could be trusted to police themselves, this would never even have come up. No ISP would never have throttled any customer.  

(Throttling is when they give you less access than you are paying for.  And then blame you for being greedy because you expect them to actually deliver the service you are paying for.)

Net neutrality revolves around a key question: Should internet bandwidth be treated equally for everyone? Here’s a look at the debate.

“In the name of Consumer protection they say they are not going to protect consumers.”
—Former FCC Chairman Wheeler

It’s *that* important.

[From 2014… people shouldn’t have to keep doing this.  Funny how that happens/]

Ajit Pai offers no data for latest claim that net neutrality hurt small ISPs:

Net Neutrality isn’t about ISPs.  It’s about people.

Removing it will make life even WORSE for the American people who are marginalized now.