This will be short and sweet but I like this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
In a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on Monday, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) expressed his "serious concerns" about an early-stage FCC plan that could let broadband providers charge websites for providing speedy access to ordinary customers. Paid prioritization is a major bugbear for supporters of net neutrality, the principal of treating all web traffic equally.
"If large corporations can pay more for faster service for their content, this effectively creates a 'slow lane' for everyone else," Peters wrote.
Peters suggested Wheeler consider reclassifying broadband providers as public utilities, a step that would prevent them from charging for extra access. But he stopped short of outright calling for the FCC to make that move, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) did last week.
Peters is leading Republican candidate Terri Lynn Land in the race to replace retiring Sen. Carl Levin (D). His letter comes days before the annual Netroots Nation conference of online progressive activists -- many of whom are fiercely opposed to paid prioritization -- begins in Detroit. - Huffington Post, 7/14/14
Here's what Schumer's calling for:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Schumer called on the Federal Communications Commission on Friday to reclassify Internet broadband providers as public utilities, which would prevent them from charging websites such as Netflix for a "fast lane" to ordinary subscribers.
“The internet in the 21st Century is as important to our future as highways were in the 20th Century," Schumer said in a statement. "Like a highway, the internet must remain free and open for all; not determined by the highest bidders."
Schumer said "reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, broadband companies such as Comcast and Verizon are fighting tooth and nail to keep the FCC from treating them like utility companies. They want to keep open the option to charge high-bandwidth websites for quick access to users.
Behind the scenes, the broadband companies have been rounding up congressional support in their push to prevent reclassification. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a plan in May that could allow for paid prioritization online. Other liberal stalwarts, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), have criticized that plan. - Huffington Post, 7/11/14
Please do keep pushing the FCC on this issue through CREDO Action:
http://act.credoaction.com/...
And PCCC:
http://act.boldprogressives.org/...
And please do consider donating and getting involved with Peters' campaign so we can have him in the Senate fighting for a free and open internet:
http://www.petersformichigan.com/...