FCC votes on Net Neutrality and the proposed Comcast merger are looming — which makes this a crucial time to take action and mobilize everyone you know to join the fight.
After months of standing on the sidelines of the Net Neutrality debate, President Obama is now starting to show his support for the open Internet in a big way.
The Koch brothers will reportedly spend at least $250 million on the 2014 midterm elections — and that’s a conservative estimate.
But while the Kochs may have the fattest wallet in the game, they’re hardly alone.
In the past few weeks, support for Net Neutrality has reached historic levels — with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the president himself opposing the kind of paid prioritization FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan would allow.
One of the most persistent lies told in Washington is the notion that common carriage is a heavy-handed regulation that transforms innovative businesses into antiquated, government-run utilities.
“Comcast has gradually raised my monthly rate for premium basic cable from $35/month to $109/month. This is price gouging to begin with, but if you allow this merger, it will basically be a monopoly.”
When FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released his Internet rule proposal, he said all the right things. But the path the agency has laid out is inherently flawed. Here’s an overview of Free Press’ official comments.
I’m a researcher at the Imaging Research Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. We explore new forms of storytelling and image-making that emerging technologies enable. The open Internet has been a real breakthrough for us.
