Dear FCC Chairman Wheeler:

The future of the open Internet is in your hands. But recent press reports indicate the agency is considering a convoluted plan with too many of the huge problems that millions have been protesting against all year.

The option you are reportedly considering would still allow broadband providers to cut specialized deals with companies to reach Internet users, fails to prevent the creation of slow lanes, and gives users no real protection against discrimination from our Internet service providers. And all of this rests on shaky legal arguments that won’t stand up in court.

I urge you to restore the principle of online nondiscrimination by reclassifying users' Internet access as a telecommunications service.

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    Tell the FCC: No Frankenstein Net Neutrality

    Word has leaked1 that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is building a new Frankenstein proposal that's not Net Neutrality (NOT Neutrality?).

    Here's the good news: According to the Wall Street Journal, which broke the story, the truly awful proposal the FCC released in May is dead.

    Here's the bad news: Now the agency is considering a convoluted plan with too many of the huge problems we've been protesting against all year.

    Just how bad is it? This new proposal:

    • Would allow broadband providers to cut specialized deals with companies to reach Internet users.
    • Still gives us slow lanes and gives users no real protection against discrimination from Internet service providers.
    • Rests on shaky legal arguments that won’t stand up in court.

    This isn't what millions of us have been fighting for.

    Tell Chairman Wheeler: No Frankenstein Net Neutrality.


    1. "FCC 'Net Neutrality' Plan Calls for More Power over Broadband," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 2014: http://online.wsj.com/articles/fcc-net-neutrality-plan-calls-for-more-power-over-broadband-1414712501