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Report as: spam offensive Josh Stearns on 4/01/08 at 6am

This is going to be a landmark event. It is rare for all 5 FCC commissioners to leave Washington D.C. and they want to hear from you. As students and faculty the internet is vital to your research, teaching, and social life. The internet is an engine for innovation, competition, politics and democracy. No matter what issues you care about we need to protect the free flow of information on the web from companies that want to block, filter and discriminate online. Come out and make your voices heard!
Find out more at http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26987125170.

Report as: spam offensive Mary Ann Petti on 4/01/08 at 7am

As a fellow student, I can attest to the comment made by Josh Stearns that this will indeed be a landmark event. I was present at the hearing in February at Harvard, and it was inspiring to see the commissioners giving serious consideration to net neutrality. As a student, the Internet is important to me for many reasons. I read the news on the Internet, I conduct research on the Internet, I download and purchase movies on the Internet, and I use it to network socially with my friends and peers through myspace and facebook. As members of the Stanford community, I urge you to stand up, and fight for the freedom of the Internet. If united (and hopefully not blocked from the hearing by Comcast,) we can make net neutrality a reality! Find out more at http://www.savetheinternet.com/=stanford or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26987125170.

Report as: spam offensive John Hammill on 4/01/08 at 1pm

Since our supposedly-objective author felt it appropriate to only include the pro-neutrality perspective, I'd suggest that you visit http://www.HandsOff.org for a better understanding of the issues surrounding so-called net neutrality.

Report as: spam offensive Dave on 4/02/08 at 3pm

Can you confirm this event is really happening? Seems like it already did last month. I covered it for internetnews.com with FCC Chair Martin on hand.

Report as: spam offensive Dave on 4/02/08 at 3pm

Can you confirm this event is really happening? Seems like it already did last month. I covered it for internetnews.com with FCC Chair Martin on hand.




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