NET NEUTRALITY IN JEOPARDY

(Via Atrios)

Art Brodsky at TPMCafe has the background:

Telephone and cable companies own 98% of the high-speed broadband networks the public uses to go online for reading news, shopping, listening to music, posting videos or any of the thousands of other uses developed for the Internet. But that isn’t enough. They want to control what you read, see or hear online. The companies say that they will create premium lanes on the Internet for higher fees, and give preferential access to their own services and those who can afford extra charges. The rest of us will be left to use an inferior version of the Internet.

Matt Stoller at MyDD has more information and 3 sites you can use to take some action:

Save the Internet
MoveOn Petition
MySpace Save the Internet

As Matt puts it:

The Threat to You is real: Telcos have already blocked competing services, censored emails, and prevented customers from reading political web sites. Why do you assume they care about your rights?