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Quotes About Net neutrality

Almost 85 percent of the Latin American market is subject to net neutrality rules, and the European Parliament already favors strong ones.
~ Marvin Ammori
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country.
~ John T. Chambers
We need a generation of net neutrality voters. People now really understand what's at stake, and we need to translate millions of comments to the FCC into millions of votes in the midterm.
~ Brian Schatz
If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.
~ James Hilton
I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV.
~ Drew Curtis
President Obama is a big supporter of keeping the Internet open. During his presidential campaign, he pledged his support to net neutrality repeatedly.
~ Marvin Ammori
Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.
~ Megan Smith
Obama routinely pushed policy that pleased the tech-savvy, including his successful effort to keep broadband suppliers from giving preferential treatment to bigger web companies over individuals.
~ Jenna Wortham
Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work better than others over their pipes.
~ Marvin Ammori
Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic that goes through their networks the same, not offering preferential treatment to some websites over others or charging some companies arbitrary fees to reach users.
~ Marvin Ammori
Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.
~ Al Franken
Over the course of a year - from January 2014 to March 2015 - millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens of policymakers weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission in favor of net neutrality.
~ Marvin Ammori
When the Obama administration passed the net neutrality rules in 2015, even when we were winning, I favored trying to get these rules in a statute, because I feel that the best way to establish predictability for the marketplace is to make sure they're not subject to the whims of a partisan vote at the FCC.
~ Brian Schatz
We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep this important principal intact - and insure equal and open access to the Internet for all.
~ Chellie Pingree
Net neutrality is a concept that the tech industry rallies around, but it is hypocrisy.
~ Dave Winer
A ban on paid priority is central to any real net neutrality proposal, beginning with the Snowe-Dorgan Bill of 2006. Indeed, the notion of 'payment for priority' is what started the net neutrality fight.
~ Marvin Ammori
Internet service providers should not be permitted to block, throttle and unfairly favor certain content, applications, services or devices.
~ Ro Khanna
The FCC has made it clear it would punish a cable or phone company for deviating from providing 'neutral' access.
~ Marvin Ammori
Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.
~ Marvin Ammori
A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.
~ Justine Bateman
The Net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it.
~ John Gilmore
The Net interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it.
~ John Gilmore
I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.
~ Sara Sheridan
Net Neutrality originally referred to management of the 'last mile' of the network over which data flows into a person's home, but the debate has grown beyond that in recent years.
~ Marsha Blackburn