The Save the Internet coalition seeks three simple things:

The freedom to go where we want

The freedom to say what we want

And the freedom to innovate

The telecom cartel is afraid of our broad-based, trans-partisan coalition of groups and businesses--from the Gun Owners of America to MoveOn.

More after the jump.

The telecom cartel, with a hundred years of monopoly power and control behind them want to make the internet just like cable. They own the chanels and they decide what we watch; we just pay the bill. Ed Whitacre, the Chairman of AT&T, says "the Internet can’t be free"

The Save the Internet coaliton wants to protect the Internet freedom principle that’s made the Internet what it is today: a true meritocracy.

Everyone’s site and all content should be treated equally. And this principle has made the net an incredible platform for entrepreneurship and democracy. But now that’s under threat:

Internet providers are already abusing their power to silence some sites. For example, AOL blocked an email that pointed people to a web site that criticized it. Internet freedom was abused by a small North Carolina ISP and something very similar happened in Canada too.

Without Internet Freedom, your internet provider could decide that it wanted you to use Altavista instead of Google – and slow down Google’s site.

Without Internet Freedom, your internet provider could make iTunes run slower – or fail entirely – in order to push you to its own higher-cost music service.

Is this how you want it? If not, go sign up. Take action. Make your voice heard.