[A2k] Save the Internet: Tell Your Story to the FCC

[Soenke Zehle]

<http://www.savetheinternet.com/yourstory>

Dear Media Reformer,

Tell Your Story to the FCC - It's time the FCC heard from you. The
agency has launched a public inquiry into whether it should protect Net
Neutrality or let companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast dictate which
Web sites you can use. Take action now and help stop the big phone and
cable companies again.

Phone and cable company lobbyists are back on the attack in Washington.
You can help stop them again by taking five minutes to save the Internet.

The Federal Communications Commission needs to hear your story about why
an open Internet is important to your life, work and family -- and to
our democracy.

Last year, more than 1.5 million Americans spoke out to stop the big
phone and cable companies from killing Net Neutrality in Congress. Now
industry lobbyists are pressuring the FCC to rule against the one
principle that protects your freedom to choose online. That's why it's
so important for you to speak out now.

At SavetheInternet.com, you can send your concerns directly to the FCC,
read stories from others, watch new videos, and join a national
conversation about the future of the Internet.

This may be the best chance we have this year to demonstrate to
Washington that protecting Internet freedom is an issue that matters to
millions of Americans. The FCC needs to know why Net Neutrality is
important to you. Tell them how an open Internet impact your daily life,
your business and your ability to connect with others.

The public comment period ends June 15. Please share your story today:

Net Neutrality is essential to free speech, equal opportunity and
economic innovation in America. Since the FCC removed this basic
protection in 2005, the top executives of phone and cable companies have
stated their intention to become the Internet's gatekeepers and to
discriminate against Web sites that don't pay their added tolls.

This fundamental change would end the open Internet as we know it. It
would damage my ability to connect with others, share information and
participate in our 21st century democracy and economy. The FCC must
ensure that broadband providers do not block, interfere with or
discriminate against any lawful Internet traffic based on its ownership,
source or destination.