Public Outcry Over Comcast Ruling Reaches the FCC

[Echo In Light]

by Timothy Karr

The public outrage over last week's appeals court decision against an open Internet reached Washington this week. People are doing all they can to stop a decision that would effectively give phone and cable companies power to control Internet content, and undermine the open architecture that has transformed the Web into a democratic force in society.

The reaction has been swift, with more than one hundred thousand people contacting Washington since the court rendered its decision for Comcast and against the FCC’s ability to protect our online rights.

Congress to FCC: Act Now

The wave hit Capitol Hill Wednesday. During a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee, Chairman Jay Rockefeller pressured the FCC’s Julius Genachowski to move quickly "to protect consumers make the hard choices" to deliver an open Internet to everyone.

Sen. John Kerry wrote here that the FCC needs to fight "to make sure the Internet stays in the hands of the American people, that we get to set the rules to benefit all of us, not just a few huge corporations."

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/16-1

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. How man here have called or whatever about this?

You can just call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask for your Senator.

This page has all the members of the Committee over the FCC: 14 Dems, 11 Repubs,
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeMembers.

Link to Save the Internet Coalition Petition:
https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=356