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<td><!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Agnes, you are in a unique position to help save the internet by preserving Net neutrality and stopping the Federal Communications Commission from passing it's proposed "pay to play" rule. <br />
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You have a member/s of Congress who serves on a Congressional Committee that has oversight of the FCC.<br />
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<b><a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=brehK9iqCko%2Fhmn%2BlVRFUuihkv0j3Dxg">Please, sign and send this petition to your member/s of Congress urging them to intervene over the FCC’s new ‘pay-to-play’ rule which destroys Net neutrality. Do your part to save the internet!</a></b><br />
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As you know, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a rule which could dramatically change the internet by removing the founding principle of Net neutrality. <br />
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The FCC, as a federal agency, receives its authority from Congress, and as such, Congress has a degree of oversight on proceedings at the FCC. <br />
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Because of the dangers of the FCC’s recent proposal to implement ‘pay-to-play’ policies, we need Congress to step in and apply pressure on the agency to stop this proposal. <br />
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<b>Members of Congress who serve on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the House, or on the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, have the most influence over the FCC. <a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZrwD23J4uCo5H6Q9iLbEWOihkv0j3Dxg">Please sign and send the petition urging your U.S. senator and / or U.S. Representative who sits on the committee to intervene by asking the FCC to drop their proposed ‘pay-to-play’ rule, which would end Net neutrality.</a></b><br />
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Here’s the deal: Telecom providers want to be able to profit more from the internet services they already provide––without upgrading their networks or speed––so they have been pushing for a rule that would allow them to make an internet “fast lane.” On the “fast lane,” they can charge other companies a premium to prioritize their content to reach the end-user faster. <br />
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Here are the dangers: This rule does more than promote the corporatization of internet access––it relegates independent sites to an inferior internet on the ‘slow lane’ and creates a HUGE barrier to entry for new start ups that may compete with––or directly challenge––incumbent technologies and corporations. This rule will KILL start-up innovation and enshrine the power of Big Telecom, who will make the internet as awful as cable television.<br />
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<b><a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wyEhd1aCoCt9KfgBmbJ4Puihkv0j3Dxg">Please, for the love of the internet, send this petition to your member/s of Congress to recommend the FCC abandon the ‘pay-to-play’ rule and uphold Net neutrality.</a></b> <br />
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Keep fighting, <br />
Rachel Colyer<br />
Campaign Director, Daily Kos</p><!-- TemplateEndEditable --></td>
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