THIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY WHO USES THE INTERNET.

Take a moment to pause from posting or playing a game and stand up for that internet access you pay for and go against company greed.

The chairman of the FCC wants to pass legislation that would prevent ISPs to disallow content and traffic throttling. In other words, don't let your ISP tell you what you can't see or how fast you can access it. You think the whole AT&T BS was one incident? The FCC is gunning for all ISPs and you damn well better expect everyone is going to be against this. Comcast already has responded and they're only looking out for their grubby little selves. Verizon and AT&T can't be far behind.

In addition, the legislation would also force ISPs to disclose their network management rules for everyone to see so they won't try to pull a fast one.

So if you don't want to miss that headshot in Halo (or better yet, Team Fortress 2 :P), have your Sackboy lag behind other Sackpeople, grind your Smash Brothers match to a halt, grind of a different kind in WoW at a much slower pace (I've been there!), or, heck, make it aggravating to visit Neoseeker and Gamegrep because your ISP says, "Because I said so nyeah nyeah," visit openinternet.gov and put in your support.

The fifth principle is one of non-discrimination - stating that broadband providers cannot discriminate against particular Internet content or applications. This means they cannot block or degrade lawful traffic over their networks, or pick winners by favoring some content or applications over others in the connection to subscribers' homes. Nor can they disfavor an Internet service just because it competes with a similar service offered by that broadband provider. The Internet must continue to allow users to decide what content and applications succeed.

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The sixth principle is a transparency principle - stating that providers of broadband Internet access must be transparent about their network management practices. Why does the FCC need to adopt this principle? The Internet evolved through open standards. It was conceived as a tool whose user manual would be free and available to all. But new network management practices and technologies challenge this original understanding. Today, broadband providers have the technical ability to change how the Internet works for millions of users - with profound consequences for those users and content, application, and service providers around the world.

Reenee via openinternet.gov »