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Save the Internet

Today, July 12th, is a day of solidarity for companies and users across the Internet to raise their voices to our political leaders to maintain Net Neutrality. The basic gist is that the FCC ruled that the Internet is governed by a set of rules that maintain a level playing field in terms of bandwidth and delivery of content – visiting Netflix shouldn’t be any faster than visiting another site. Any Internet Service Provider violating that idea can be chastised. Corporations want to change that. 

This is not a new undertaking by any means. This conversation has been an ongoing on and will likely continue to be. In order to have your voice heard on maintaining Net Neutrality you need to leave a comment with the FCC about the benefits of a neutral playing field. Go to gofccyourself.com, click on Add Comment and let them know you support maintaining Title II classification, be sure to include a personal insight on how the Internet has benefited you or your business.

Why am I posting this instead of local music reviews? Because We Own This Town is a PRIME example of a site that could not exist without strong net neutrality rules. Shining a light on local music and events is not exactly something that Comcast has a vested interest in and this site (and many like it) would not exist if they had to pay for preferential bandwidth. 

That’s just a tiny example of how Net Neutrality is important to myself and to our community. You owe it to yourself to leave a thoughtful comment with the FCC for their review on July 17th. Please do so now.