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Boston FCC Hearing on the Future of the Internet Blocking is Comcastic.
The Federal Communications Commission is coming to Boston to hold a public hearing about the future of the Internet.
In recent months cable and Internet companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon have repeatedly been caught blocking, filtering, and spying on consumers'Internet activities. The FCC is responding to the hundreds of thousands of people who have expressed their outrage over the anti-competitive practices by holding a hearing in Boston, Massachusetts.
WHAT: A Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet
WHEN: Monday, Feb 25, 2008
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Harvard Law School, Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall
1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Directions:
How You Can Help
Congress needs to hear from
you today or they will hand over control of what you do online to
companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Overview
Everyone has a favorite internet site. Maybe it’s a local events site,
or a blog, or a small online magazine. Whatever the content, Web use should be easy and unhindered, and Web sites put up by individuals, nonprofits and small groups should be as accessible as those maintained by big corporations.
Now,
however, the largest telephone and cable companies are trying to limit
our Internet access by deciding who and what gets priority. Their plan
is to force Web site operators to pay a premium for faster service even
though it costs providers nothing to give everyone equal access.
Senators
still have the opportunity to preserve what’s called Internet
neutrality. MASSPIRG has joined a diverse coalition of concerned
organizations in urging the Senate to keep our Internet free and open.
Every American has the right to enjoy all the benefits that the Internet has to offer. MASSPIRG is working to make sure that right is
protected.
