NEWSUPDATE: On September 10, the ACLU will join an array of Internet companies and advocates in an Internet Slowdown. Organizers plan to pepper sites with the spinning wheel of death to illustrate a world without robust net neutrality protections that prevent broadband providers from slowing down or blocking sites and services that cant afford to pay a premium for faster access to consumers. The event comes a week before the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) deadline for final comments on its proposed net neutrality rules, which would likely permit these fast lanes. Allowing this kind of preferential access to consumers would raise costs for the scrappy start-ups – the next Netflix or Google – and likely lead to higher prices for Internet users.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:07:55 +0000
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