Broadband providers are already monkeying with traffic to give their own products higher priority than third-party solutions. Yeah, that's ethical!

... Sites like Google, Yahoo, and eBay all once started small but were able to appear as the big players at the time because of the leveling effect of the neutral Net.

The open-source movement was able to flourish as a free, grassroots, global collaboration because those involved had equal access. Many found success as bloggers because they started small, wrote smart stuff, and built up their readerships using the same access that Comcast, AT&T and Microsoft had.

It's the way the Net's been and the way it should stay. The future of the Web depends on it.

• Common Cause: "Hands Off My Internet!" Campaign


• Agonist Net Neutrality Project


• E-Mail Your Senator(s) and House Representative(s)