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.
The “you don’t know what the fuck you’re doing” strategy rarely works – especially on legislators. Let’s hope this is the exception.
‘Father Of The Internet’ Skewers FCC: ‘You Don’t Understand How The Internet Works’
More than 20 tech luminaries, including Vint Cerf, Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Wozniak, have urged the FCC to stop its plan to repeal net neutrality. By Dominique Mosbergen HuffPo
Something Americans can do in support of Net Neutrality
Believe the Creators and Pioneers of The Internet
In an open letter to the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, 21 signatories said that FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s “rushed and technically incorrect” plan to repeal net neutrality “is an imminent threat to the internet we worked so hard to create.” They want the committee to ask Pai to cancel the vote, which is currently scheduled for December 14th.
The list includes some of the people responsible for creating the internet as we know it. That includes
- Steven Bellovin, a former FTC chief technologist who helped develop Usenet
- Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
- Vinton Cerf, who co-created the internet’s underlying TCP/IP protocol
- Steve Crocker, who helped develop the protocols for internet predecessor ARPANET
- Stephen Wolff, who helped transform the military ARPANET into a civilian research and communications network.
Consumer Rights: Do NO Harm #NetNeutrality
Start of the open letter
We are the pioneers and technologists who created and now operate the Internet, and some of the innovators and business people who, like many others, depend on it for our livelihood. We are writing to respectfully urge you to call on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to cancel the December 14 vote on the FCC’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom Order (WC Docket No. 17-108).
This proposed Order would repeal key network neutrality protections that prevent Internet access providers from blocking content, websites and applications, slowing or speeding up services or classes of service, and charging online services for access or fast lanes to Internet access providers’ customers.
The proposed Order would also repeal oversight over other unreasonable discrimination and unreasonable practices, and over interconnection with last-mile Internet access providers.
The proposed Order removes long-standing FCC oversight over Internet access providers without an adequate replacement to protect consumers, free markets and online innovation.
NO #TelecomMonopoly #SaveNetNeutrality
To quote from Google, the literal definition is: “the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.”
Essentially, net neutrality is what keeps the internet a level playing field for all who are able to access it and use it for all different purposes–these purposes could be simply browsing the web, streaming videos, making online purchases, using tumblr, twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat, skype, whatsapp, youtube, or bigger things like starting your own company, having a website for your art portfolio, using online schooling, starting up an etsy shop, etc. Having net neutrality remain in place will give everyone an equal opportunity to use all of these sites and an equal opportunity to be successful when using the internet as a business platform.
If net neutrality is repealed, big cable companies like verizon, comcast, at&t, etc. will require either you or the websites you currently have access to to pay THEM (the big cable companies) significantly more money per site to be put in a “fast lane” connection so that you can access those sites with ease, leaving other sites that can’t afford to pay these huge fees left in an enormous shadow and requiring you to pay even MORE out of pocket just to access things you’ve always been able to.
Net neutrality is incredibly important. Some people are brushing it off as if it won’t be a big deal, but the entire principle of the internet is to be a level playing field and for everyone, no matter who you are, to have the exact same access as anyone else. Requiring you to pay fees for the sites you visit daily will be an incredible detriment to the ideal of freedom on the internet.
Please do not take this subject lightly, it is incredibly important.
Also please remember that if net neutrality is repealed, it is NOT the end. We still have to remain fighting for internet freedom. And if we win this first battle there WILL be more to come.
Here’s some more links to help:
Net Neutrality
Hello everyone! I’m writing this to say we should all be voting to save net neutrality. If you’re a student, content creator, content supporter, business owner, etc. everyone should do something. Here’s two ways I know that work great.
Resist Bot: Text RESIST to 50409. This is a simple way to help save net neutrality. All you do is follow what the messages will ask, which will be a name, an address, and later an email. This hooks you up to your congress and you can send a message to them. Then afterwards you will get an email confirming your message has sent.
Calling in: (202)-759-7766. This number will ask for your zip code to send you to a person who will send your message to congress. They will also ask for your address, and your name. Please don’t be mean or aggressive when you call because this is just the messenger who will be sending the message to congress.
What you can say/type: “Hello. I strongly oppose the FCC’s vote to overturn net neutrality laws.”
“I am alarmed at the FCC’s desire to end net neutrality. I support free and open internet and I hope my representative will do the same”
Tell your friends, your roommates, your family, your classmates, your followers, tell anyone who uses the internet! Please take in part of this!
For my American friends!
