This is important!Please share it.If you don’t like sharing blog posts please at least share this link: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express.During this time of international crisis, American politicians have decided to discuss making the internet free again.But because a certain political party doesn’t want this, they are doing it in an obscure way.Since many people are working remotely and their livelihoods depend on internet connectivity, the FCC is accepting public comments on Proceeding 17-108, whether to restore internet neutrality or not.The form will take you only two minutes to fill out but you’ll need “Proceeding 17-108” and your zip code plus four.And you’ll need to hit “enter” after filling in your name.The very form seems designed to discourage public input.This is not a joke.
I had sincerely hoped that the COVID-19 crisis would bring out the best in the GOP.It hasn’t yet.Hearing the recorded comments of people like Mitch McConnell on how the Republican Party really doesn’t want to offer any stimulus packages but realizes that the economy will grind to a halt without them, my faith in the human spirit tanked.Not only that, but now that internet neutrality, which is the very way life goes on for many of us, is back open for public input, Ajit Pai is doing his best to make sure people don’t know about it.Please take just a moment to go to the FCC website and make your voice heard.And please share this.If you’re reading this post, remember, you’re using the internet.
Maybe it’s just living life “under the dome” that makes me feel this is so important.Right now my entire family is working remotely.Our house looks like a computer lab.Big Cable, since the end of net neutrality, has been allowed to drop users into “slow lanes” on the web, unless they are supporting causes those companies want.This has ended up wasting a lot of time for those of us who rely on the net for our daily bread.You can make your voice heard.This crisis is the opportunity to say something.Please do.In the best of all possible worlds, or even in a pretty good world, governments would listen to the will of the governed.We’ve been caught in a loop where the governed are exploited for personal gain.The coronavirus has led to the rare chance to make your voice heard.Tell the FCC what you think.And please share the link.