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FCC Hearing on Net Neutrality is Thursday at Stanford University

Everyone who uses the web to get accurate information, connect with like-minded people, or get the word out about a cultural event, action or campaign has a huge stake in a neutral Internet. This hearing is the result of documented tampering ( http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20071022182746485 )with web and wireless traffic by the big telecoms. And there is another big threat on the horizon. The future of the last democratic communications outlet in the United States cannot be pay-to-play. So folks, Thursday is a good time to re-arrange your schedules if you can, and get yourselves down to Dinkenspiel Auditorium at Stanford.

Cal Train will get you there (free Stanford shuttle every 15 minutes from the University Avenue stop). If you can make a day of it, help us pass a "torch of Internet freedom" to the FCC in the morning, and if not, plan to make your ninety second public comment from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Media Alliance will be sponsoring two more public comment prep sessions, one tonight at the Bay Area Video Coalition from 4:30 to 6:30pm at 2727 Mariposa Street (come anytime) and one in East Palo Alto at the One East Palo Alto office at 1798 Bay Road in East Palo Alto tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:30pm. You can also download some background info and talking points here http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford and on the morning of the hearing outside Dinkenspiel.