Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now

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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:25:40 -0500 (EST)

Tell the CEOs: Hands Off Our Internet

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now

 

The CEOs of the largest cable and telephone companies are hatching a

scheme that would give them control over what content you can view and

what services you can use on the Internet.

 

Their plan would do away with the principle of " network neutrality "

and shut down the open roadway we've come to expect on the Internet.

 

If big media companies are allowed to limit the fastest services to

those who can pay their toll, upstart Web services, consumers,

bloggers and new media makers alike all could be cut off from digital

revolution.

 

When large media companies are left to their own devices, the result

is always content and services that serve no one but themselves. An

open and independent Internet is the antidote to these predatory

practices.

 

Join tens of thousands of activists who are standing up to protect our

Net freedoms. Tell the CEO's to stop treating our Internet as their

fiefdom.

 

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SEND THIS MESSAGE

 

Dear (Company CEO):

 

I strongly urge you to cease all plans to violate the principle of

network neutrality. Your control of the " pipes " on which information

travels does not give you the right to dictate what I can do online.

 

As a r to your service, I demand that your company guarantee

that all Internet users are entitled to:

 

1. Access the Internet content of our choice;

 

2. Run online applications and services of our choice;

 

3. Connect our choice of devices; and

 

4. Have fair competition among network, application, service and

content providers.

 

From its beginnings, the Internet was built on a cooperative,

democratic ideal. Your only job as a network provider is to move data

between users. You must not block or discriminate against any of the

legal content and services available online.

 

A copy of this letter has been sent to my elected representatives in

Washington to ensure that Congress and the FCC work to put enforceable

network neutrality principles into our telecommunications laws and

regulations.