JB: So, what has all that money gotten for us, besides for serious slippage in our former competitive edge?
PEN: What it's gotten us is a handful of corporate oligarchs who think they are the sphincter of all US communications, and are only interested in squeezing us as much as they can get away with. But we have an incredible opportunity here. The FCC is an independent regulatory agency, currently composed of a reasonable group of commissioners. They are not up for election. They are not swayed by campaign contributions to buy ads on these same telecom networks. They WILL listen to us. They are ASKING for your comments. Will you speak out now? The next thirty days on the FCC public input docket will determine the future of the internet in America for all time.
JB: Anything to add before we wrap this up?
PEN: Over 100,000 people recently petitioned the White House to do this unilaterally. President Obama responded by saying that, while he strongly supported the issue, the FCC was an independent agency empowered to make the call here. That is precisely our own point. And when the FCC solicits public comment on what they should do, it means that we, the people, have the power to tell them what we want them to do, as it should be in a true democracy. The people on our own participant list have already been responsible for 5,000 submissions. We need everybody who cares about the future of the internet as a viable political forum to jump all over this.
JB: Okay, PEN, we're jumping! Net neutrality is a biggie that affects all of us, now and going forward. Thanks once again for being on top of this and putting out user-friendly action alerts that anyone can do, quickly and easily.
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JB: Good to know, sign me up!
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