Don't Let AT&T Ruin the Internet
The FCC is about to auction off a significant chunk of our public airwaves to the giant telecom companies -- AT&T and Verizon -- who want to make our Internet less free. The official comment period is closing May 30th, but you can still urge key commissioners directly to stop ATT and Verizon from ruining our Internet before it's too late.
The upcoming auction of the 700 megahertz slice of the spectrum concerns invaluable frequencies that are particularly well suited to wireless broadband because they can easily pass through walls. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save room on the spectrum for universal broadband access, and to apply the rules of Net Neutrality to our mobile phones as well as our Internet.
But phone and cable lobbyists are currently pressuring the FCC to sell companies like AT&T and Verizon our airwaves -- in a flawed auction process -- so they can hoard this valuable spectrum, and stifle competitive and cheaper alternatives to their established networks.
Not only has Big Telecom facilitated illegal Bush administration wiretapping of American citizens, but they refuse to open their networks to competitive applications and services. They lobby Washington to stifle new innovations like Internet phone service and to destroy Net Neutrality, the one principle that protects equal opportunity and free choice on the Web. We need to end their stranglehold and demand better Internet and mobile services for everyone.
Tell the FCC: use public airwaves for the public good instead of giving away our wireless Internet to these price-gouging, privacy violating, anti-Net-Neutrality giants.
(For more information, please visit Free Press' Save Our Spectrum site.)
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