The Federal Communications Commission has never seen anything like the debate over Net Neutrality, which has inspired everything from a week-long encampment at its doorstep to John Oliver comparing the chairman to a dingo.
The word “historic” gets tossed around a lot, but let’s face it: Not everything is worthy of the term. But this has been a truly historic week in the fight to save the Internet. And it’s barely begun.
So many people inundated the FCC’s electronic filing system with comments about Chairman Tom Wheeler’s pay-to-play Internet proposal that the site crashed this morning.
While the fight to protect Net Neutrality has been raging at the FCC, the phone and cable companies have turned their attention to a new target: Congress.
You have until July 18 to tell the FCC what you think of its loathsome proposal to allow rampant discrimination online.
Need inspiration? Check out these comments from some amazing Free Press activists.
Etsy’s continued growth depends on equal access to consumers. Any rule that allows broadband providers to negotiate special deals with some companies would undermine our and our sellers’ ability to compete.
