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From Free Press:
Today a panel of judges ruled in favor of the FCC's Net Neutrality rules — agreeing with the overwhelming majority of Internet users that this agency can and must protect everyone's rights to connect and communicate.
This outcome proves what we've known all along: that the FCC chose the right legal path to defend our Internet freedom.
Winning this Net Neutrality case is a major victory for Internet users like you. Now it's time to take the fight for a universal, affordable and open Internet to the next level.
We need the FCC to enforce its rules. We will continue shining a light on ISP abuses, uncover any new Net Neutrality violations, and bring formal complaints to the agency about broadband providers' unreasonable schemes.
And just because we've won the right to do that doesn't mean our opponents will quit. Whether the fight moves to Congress or the Supreme Court we'll be there to defend the open Internet ... and with your help we'll win.
So we hope you'll join us in building on this victory. A great way to get started? Chip in $5 to support the next phase in the fight for Internet freedom.
Thanks for all that you do—
Craig, Candace, Matt and the rest of the Free Press team
Free Press
P.S. We wouldn't be here without your incredible support. Donate $5 (or more!) today to help us win tomorrow's battles. Thank you!
From Open Media:
There are just 24 hours to go before the final deadline to sign a hard-hitting legal brief that could stop Big Telecom destroying a historic ban on Internet slow lanes.
We got an unbelievable response to this email we sent on Thursday, so we wanted to make sure you had a chance to join before it's too late.Sign on now. Deets below.
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Telecom giants are trying to destroy a historic ban on Internet slow lanes1 by going through the courts2 – and a crucial deadline for us to stop them is rapidly approaching.
Under threat are the pro-Internet “Net Neutrality” rules that we won earlier this year. If Telecom giants are successful, they could dismantle our victory and force our favorite websites into an Internet slow lane3 – ruining the web and raising prices for you and your family in the process.
But we have a plan to fight back.
We need Internet users like you to endorse a hard-hitting legal brief that ensures the court knows just how many Americans care about the ban on slow lanes. Add your voice now, and help stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane plan before the final deadline.
We have to get as many signatures on it as possible by Sunday night, so the brief can be filed first thing Monday. That’s why your OpenMedia team is helping to amplify your voice at this crucial moment.
This is huge. Losing Net Neutrality would hurt everyone other than deep-pocketed telecom conglomerates who could afford expensive new “prioritization” fees.
That’s why a number of groups are defending our historic victory in court. They’re fighting with everything they’ve got to stop Big Telecom’s army of lawyers, but they need your help to make sure they show up in the courtroom with a critical mass behind them.
You don’t need to be a lawyer to defend one of the most historic pro-Internet victories of all time. Click here to add your name to the Net Neutrality "People's Brief" that open Internet advocates will be filing in just a few days.
We worked together for over a year to make sure we won the strongest, most enforceable rules possible (AKA: Title II).4 And by all accounts, we nailed it.5 But we can’t throw that all away now.
Our campaign partners will be filing the challenge soon, so sign on right now before the final deadline on Sunday night.
Josh, on behalf of OpenMedia
Footnotes
[1] Well, Internet, we did it. We stopped the Internet slow lane. Source: OpenMedia.
[2] FCC sued by broadband companies over net neutrality rules. Source: Reuters.
[3] Net Neutrality, Monopoly, and the Death of the Democratic Internet Source: Motherboard.
[4] Why Title II Reclassification for Net Neutrality Is the Biggest Deal Ever Source: Free Press.
[5] F.C.C. Net Neutrality Rules Clear Hurdle as Republicans Concede to Obama. Source: New York Times.
From Demand Progress:
FCC Chairman Wheeler finally – FINALLY – seems to get it! In a speech yesterday, he all but confirmed that the FCC is prepared to vote on rules strong enough to protect Net Neutrality. We don't have the details yet, but it looks like the FCC has heard the millions of people asking them to do the right thing.
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Conference, Chairman Wheeler yesterday said that the agency has been investigating how to defend the Open Internet and that Title II has the “best protections.” The rules won't be circulated until February 5th (and voted on February 26th), but his comments all but confirmed that they will reclassify the Internet under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.
I don't want to get too excited yet. As they say, the devil (The Comcast?) is in the details, and we're up against some of the most powerful forces in business and politics. But this is great news.
They said we'd never get this far. They said the ISPs were too big to fight. They said the FCC was captured by industry. But together we keep winning -- every step of the way so far.
And we're a huge part of why: Demand Progress and our members have spurred more than 1 million FCC comments, along with millions of emails and hundreds of thousands of phone calls to Congress, the White House, and the FCC.
If you keep participating in the process we will win. But we also need financial support to keep pushing back against the ISPs, because they won't relent.
They have millions of dollars. We have you. Can you contribute $20 to help us keep up the pressure?
Thanks.
-Demand Progress
