The FCC's Open Internet Rules (net neutrality rules) are extremely important to me. I urge you; please protect them.
 
I don't want ISPs to have the power to block websites, slow them down, give some sites an advantage over others, or split the Internet into "fast lanes" for companies that pay and "slow lanes" for the rest.
 
Losing the FCC's Open Internet Rules would essentially grant ISPs the right to censor every US citizen's access to the internet. In the United States, citizens are fortunate to have a constitution that protects them from censorship by the government. If censorship by the government is unthinkable, censorship by the private sector should be unfathomable. There will never be an appropriate time to let giant ISPs censor what citizens see and do online.
 
Censorship by ISPs is a serious problem. Comcast has throttled Netflix, AT&T blocked FaceTime, Time Warner Cable throttled the popular game League of Legends, and Verizon admitted it will introduce fast lanes for sites that pay-and slow lanes for everyone else-if the FCC lifts the rules. This hurts consumers and businesses large and small.
 
Courts have made clear that if the FCC ends Title II classification, the FCC must let ISPs offer "fast lanes" to websites for a fee.
 
Chairman Pai has made clear that he intends to do exactly this.
 
But if some companies can pay our ISPs to have their content load faster, startups and small businesses that can't pay those fees won't be able to compete. If we lose the Open Internet Rules, we will also lose the open marketplace that has enabled millions of small businesses and created the 5 most valuable companies in America. In exchange for sacrificing that open marketplace, we gain only the enrichment of a few much less valuable cable giants. These same companies are infamous for sky-high prices and abysmal customer service.
 
Internet providers will be able to impose a private tax on every single sector of the American economy.
 
Moreover, under Chairman Pai's plan, ISPs will be able to make it more difficult to access any political speech that they don't like. These ISPs will be able to charge fees for website delivery that would make it harder for blogs, nonprofits, artists, and others who can't pay up to have their voices heard.
 
I'm sending this to the FCC's open proceeding, but I am concerned that Chairman Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, has already made his plans and will ignore me and millions of other Americans.
 
For this reason, I'm also sending this to my members of Congress. For the sake of the American people, American business large and small, and the right of free speech, please publicly support the FCC's existing net neutrality rules based on Title II, and denounce Chairman Pai's plans. Do whatever you can to dissuade him.
 
Thank you!