To: Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman
FCC: Don't let “pay to play” break the Internet
We demand that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler stands up for consumers against big corporations like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon, by rejecting a pay to play “fast lane.” The FCC should take immediate action to classify broadband internet as a public utility, not a luxury, preserving a free and open internet for everyone.
Why is this important?
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is about to sell off more control of the Internet to big corporations like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon — the same corporations who have a near monopoly over our digital lives and businesses.
Americans already pay way too much for way too slow internet service. In many rural and suburban areas, internet access looks the same as it did in the '90s, while profits for these giant companies have never been higher.
Now Chairman Wheeler wants to allow big internet providers to charge websites for faster content delivery, setting up a pay to play fast lane. We don’t allow pay to play anywhere else in society — the Internet, the backbone of our current and future economy is no place to start.
This means content providers like Netflix will have to pay ransom to internet providers to make their videos available at the fastest speeds. Meanwhile, content from other innovative websites and small businesses who can’t afford to pay will be drowned out. All of us — the Internet consumers — will lose.
Sign on now to stand up for real net neutrality and protect the free and open Internet while we still can.
Approved by Cole for Congress, http://coleforcongress.com
Americans already pay way too much for way too slow internet service. In many rural and suburban areas, internet access looks the same as it did in the '90s, while profits for these giant companies have never been higher.
Now Chairman Wheeler wants to allow big internet providers to charge websites for faster content delivery, setting up a pay to play fast lane. We don’t allow pay to play anywhere else in society — the Internet, the backbone of our current and future economy is no place to start.
This means content providers like Netflix will have to pay ransom to internet providers to make their videos available at the fastest speeds. Meanwhile, content from other innovative websites and small businesses who can’t afford to pay will be drowned out. All of us — the Internet consumers — will lose.
Sign on now to stand up for real net neutrality and protect the free and open Internet while we still can.
Approved by Cole for Congress, http://coleforcongress.com