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Free Press has some great tools for making your voice heard in support of strong network neutrality protections...I'm sure Josh can help with links!

We are working every day to make sure this issue is known. Unfortunately, we are dealing with powerful industry interests and apparently an FCC Chairman who is still tied to those interests (that he used to represent).

As Harold mentioned earlier, call you congressional representatives! Tell them that the future of the Internet is at stake and that the FCC's currently plan is doomed to fail.

The FCC says those deals would fall outside the scope of the proposed rules. But really they're just the latest frontier for discrimination. Here's what I've written previously about peering and "peering-like" agreements: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/12/tom_wheeler_net_neutrality_is_the_new_fcc_chairman_changing_his_tune.html and http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/21/reed_hastings_takes_on_comcast_other_isps_you_should_side_with_netflix.html

Comparing Netflix to ISP's is apples to oranges because Netflix doesn't control the Internet pipe to the end user. ISP's do.

Think of it this way - if you don't like Netflix you have other options to watch things online, and it's fairly easy to cancel your service. If you are a Comcast subscriber, you may not have any other viable options for service in your area (in fact they are hinging a large part of their argument in favor of the merger on this point), and you almost certainly don't have two subscriptions at once. The point being - just because you're unsatisfied with your ISP, doesn't mean you have an easy way to express your backlash.

Nope! Walking away from meaningful nondiscrimination rules would be.

it is worth remembering that back in January in the aftermath of the NN court decision, the WH released a statement that was clearly against paid prioritization.

“President Obama remains committed to an open internet, where consumers are free to choose the websites they want to visit and the online services they want to use, and where online innovators are allowed to compete on a level playing field based on the quality of their products,” a White House official said. “As we continue to review the ruling, we remain committed to working with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, and the private sector to preserve a free and open Internet.” http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/195423-obama-remains-committed-to-net-neutrality