74 Democratic members of Congress
(1) sold you out to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Infuriatingly, they signed an industry-backed
letter telling the FCC to abandon efforts to protect Internet users by
prohibiting big companies from blocking Internet traffic.
Not only is this letter an attack on net
neutrality, but by signing the industry letter, these Democratic members
of Congress are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's ability to
make a fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone in America
— they are actually taking a position against the interests of
rural and low-income communities.
This is unacceptable.
We need to make sure they know that their
constituents and other consumers are paying attention and will hold them
accountable when they undermine net neutrality protections.
Click
here to automatically sign our petition to the 74 Democrats telling them
that you're upset by their decision to side with the wealthy
telecommunications corporations over their constituents.
What this comes down to is a principle known as
"net neutrality." Net neutrality means that Internet users, not Internet
service providers, should be in control. It ensures that Internet service
providers can't speed up, slow down, or block Web content based on its
source, ownership, or destination.
Of course broadband providers are insisting that
we should just trust them and there's no need for consumers to be
protected by net neutrality rules. But we cannot trust AT&T, Verizon
or Comcast to protect a free and open Internet any more than we could
trust BP to protect the oceans.
Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have
to rely upon the good will of large telecoms to protect our access to the
diversity of political perspectives. We might have to trust companies like
Comcast, which actively and secretly interfered with users' ability to
access popular video, photo and music sharing applications. We might have
to trust companies like AT&T, which censored anti-Bush comments made
by Pearl Jam's lead singer during a concert.
A free and open Internet is an important part of
21st Century democracy, but these members of Congress signed a letter that
undercut the efforts of the FCC to make sure the Internet stays free and
open.
In other words, they decided to stand with
wealthy corporations rather than stand up for your interests.
Click
here to automatically sign the petition to the 74 Democrats telling them
you want them to stand up for you, not the telecoms.
The simple fact of the matter is that powerful
companies with a vested interest in this fight like AT&T have armies
of lobbyists to push their agenda.
If these 74
Democrats are going to get the message that it's unacceptable for them to
sell out American consumers, it's only going to be because people like you
speak up. 
