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Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is taking action against Comcast for illegally violating Net Neutrality, after a coalition of Net users and activists caught the cable giant blocking open access to the Internet. [more]
Beware of Cable Guys Making Promises
On the one hand, the cable giant blocks access to certain Web applications. On the other, Comcast executives extol the virtues of a “free market” to safeguard against any abuse of users’ right to choose online. [more]

JULY 14, 2008 - GOP Should Get Serious about Cyberspace in the Politico encourages Republicans to embrace an open internet.
MAY 19, 2008 - The editors at the New York Times believe that Congress needs to protect the openness of the Internet.

The Open Internet Coalition represents consumers, grassroots organizations, and businesses working in pursuit of a shared goal: keeping the Internet fast, open and accessible to all Americans.

Our coalition speaks for tens of millions of Americans and spans the entire political spectrum. In Washington and state capitols across the country we’re working for policies like network neutrality and universal access to high-speed Internet connections that will benefit all of us, not just the large phone and cable companies who sell connections to the Internet.

The Open Internet Coalition stands for:

An Open Internet
Access to broadband networks should be open to all producers and consumers of Internet content on fair and equal terms.

Universal Affordable Access
Broadband Internet access should be universally available and affordable.

Quality through Competition
A competitive marketplace creates jobs, helps the American consumer, fosters innovation, and drives economic growth.

We invite you to explore our site to learn more about what the Open Internet Coalition is doing to promote an Open Internet. If your organization shares our goals, please join our effort.


The Case for Universal Broadband in America: Now! The failure to achieve President Bush’s 2004 goal of universal broadband access to the Internet "in every corner of America by the year 2007" has cost our nation hundreds of billions of dollars in added economic development and over a million newly-created high-paying jobs, according to a report by the nonprofit Center for Creative Voices in Media.

On March 11, The House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task force held hearings on free speech on the Internet. Read testimony from Michelle Combs of the Christian Coalition, Caroline Fredrickson of the ACLU, and Susan Crawford of Yale Law School on the need for protection for the open Internet.


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