Yeah, yeah, this is a bit of a rerun post, but I think it’s important you consider acting out to protect Net Neutrality. I woke up this morning and read a commentary from Al Franken at CNN: Net neutrality is foremost free speech issue of our time. Of course, this got me all bunged up and pissed off again, so I wrote another letter to my Congressman, Mike Capuano. Again. John Richard Sheaves Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-1203 August 7, 2010 To the Honorable Michael E. Capuano: I am writing to voice my concerns over the fate of Net Neutrality and the conduct of the FCC. I helped pay for the Internet and I rely on it every day. Net Neutrality is the bedrock of freedom of information, innovation, and [...]

Phone and cable lobbyists have flooded the FCC with fiction about Net Neutrality. They continue to recycle old rhetoric that Free Press and others have repeatedly debunked. What is Net Neutrality? Net Neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. Net Neutrality means that Internet service providers may not discriminate between different kinds of content and applications online. (Ever had Comcast block your P2P ports because they don’t like what you’re sharing?) It guarantees a level playing field for all Web sites and Internet technologies. Net Neutrality is the reason the Internet has driven economic innovation, democratic participation and free speech online. It protects the consumer’s right to use any equipment, content, application or service without interference from the network provider. With Net Neutrality, [...]

