Tag: affordability

A huge chorus of voices is rising against the FCC’s plan to allow Internet Slow Lanes. We’ve almost hit 100,000 signatures on our website – will you help us take this campaign to the next level? Go to https://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane and speak out! read more

Internet sloths at the FCC want to put your Internet in the slow lane. Tell them to get with the program at https://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane read more

Speaking out against the Internet Slow Lane is having a powerful effect, as the FCC is set to reconsider rule changes that could destroy Net Neutrality. Want to take the next step? Check out this piece by our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. And, if you haven’t already, help

Giant U.S. cable companies are throwing a hissy fit over the possibility that the FCC might prevent them from creating Internet Slow Lanes. Article by Brad Reed for BGR It was all going so, so well for American ISPs. Not only did they have a former cable lobbyist as head

Citizens, tech companies, major decision-makers, and innovators agree: save the open Internet, don’t let cable companies build Internet slow lanes. Speak out at https://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane and share this great piece by our partners at The Nation with all of your friends. Article by John Nichols for The Nation Federal Communications Commission

Our impact is being felt: U.S. Big Telecom are running scared with last-ditch effort to force the Internet slow lane It looks like U.S. Big Telecom giants are pushing back against our rapidly growing movement to stop the Internet slow lane. Late yesterday, Big Telecom’s army of lobbyists began circulating

This is a crucial moment for the Internet. In just 48 hours, changes at the U.S. FCC could slow many of your favourite websites to a crawl. Innovation on the net could be brought to a standstill. Fight back here: https://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane. read more

Wow! Our Say No to the Internet Slow Lane campaign is part of a viral response to save Net Neutrality! Make sure to sign on at http://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane and check out this awesome Reddit post on how you can get involved. Article from Reddit As you may have seen from all

Big rule changes in the U.S. threaten to put your Internet in the slow lane. Here’s a great explanation of what is happening in the Net Neutrality battle, how it could affect you, and what you can do to shape the conversation. Article by Timothy B. Lee for Vox What

Proposed changes in the U.S. that could put your Internet use in the slow lane are creating a viral response. Article by Richard Lawler for BGR Despite FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s insistence that he is on the side of an open internet, the controversy over proposed net neutrality rules continues

A growing coalition across political divides is speaking out together against government spying. Article by Amber Hildebrandt for the CBC A debate is raging around the world about how all that internet content streaming into billions of households should be managed. read more

A potential new ruling from the FCC threatens to destroy net neutrality, marking the beginning of the end of the open Internet. Check out what our own Steve Anderson had to say about what this all means on CBC’s the National. read more

Is the CRTC finally waking up to Canadians’ anger over big telecom’s attempts to throttle wireless access to online content? Do you think this is a step in the right direction? Article by David Ellis Today saw another encouraging step in the CRTC’s management of the Ben Klass Part 1