You did it! - Comcast Under Investigation Thanks to You!!

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You did it! - Comcast Under Investigation Thanks to You!!

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 12:23 PM by Breeze54

From: Timothy Karr, FreePress.net <list@freepress.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:17 AM

Subject: Comcast Under Investigation Thanks to You

Dear Breeze54,

You did it. Net Neutrality supporters just won a new round in the fight
to keep the Internet open and free of corporate gatekeepers.

And it's because you took action.

Over the last three months, more than 23,000 Free Press activists demanded
the Federal Communications Commission stop Comcast from blocking Web traffic.
Yesterday, the FCC responded, announcing that it would investigate the cable
company's Net Neutrality violation.

The FCC is seeking public comment before it decides to punish Comcast.

By speaking out now, you can force the FCC to stop all the would-be gatekeepers

from tampering with the free-flowing Internet:

Tell the FCC: Protect the Open Internet - http://action.freepress.net/ct/q1woYQd1RBKj/

Late last year, the Associated Press caught Comcast secretly blocking users ability
to use peer-to-peer software to share information with one another. Comcast was using
Web filtering technologies similar to those used in China to censor the Internet.
AP called the violation "the most drastic example yet of data discrimination."

Free Press and other Internet rights groups filed a petition with the FCC calling
for urgent action to stop Comcast's Internet blocking. Tens of thousands of activists
sent letters to the agency in support of our petition.

Public pressure is now forcing the FCC to act.

Comcast blocking of online content is the canary in the coal mine for corporate efforts
to gate-keep the Internet. The FCC must send a stern message to stop other phone and cable
companies that want to follow Comcast's lead and control our Internet experience.

Tell the FCC: Don't Let Comcast Off the Hook - http://action.freepress.net/ct/q1woYQd1RBKj/

Blocking our access to the Internet should never be tolerated. The longer the FCC
waits to punish Comcast, the more companies will continue to invest in technologies
to censor and manipulate what we can do online.

Thousands of you spoke out against Comcast, and the FCC launched an investigation.

Now we need to keep the heat on the FCC to make sure all gatekeepers are punished.

Thank you,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
www.SavetheInternet.com

P.S. For more on Comcast's Internet blocking, visit SavetheInternet.com's blog:

Comcast Continues to Block and Dodge
http://action.freepress.net/ct/1pwoYQd1RBKu/

Net Neutrality Advocates Hit Back at Comcast
http://action.freepress.net/ct/17woYQd1RBK7/

Discrimination Isn't Comcastic
http://action.freepress.net/ct/1dwoYQd1RBKI/

SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO THE FCC
http://www.savetheinternet.com/comcast.php

Sample Letter:

Comcast's blatant and deceptive blocking of peer-to-peer communications is exactly the problem
millions of Americans have warned would occur without Net Neutrality protections.

The FCC must take serious and immediate action to put an abrupt end to this harmful practice and prevent
other Internet service providers from following Comcast's example of discriminating against the free flow
of online information.

The Internet is a vital engine for economic growth, civic participation and free speech.
We simply can't allow corporate gatekeepers to smother these democratic communications by discriminating
against new technologies, secretly interfering with Internet traffic and stifling innovation.