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SavetheInternet.com Coalition to FCC: Don't Waffle

By james_fudge

Waffles for breakfast, but no coffee? On Thursday morning members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition, with the help of several musicians including Michael Stipe and Bonnie Raitt, protested outside Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington. Standing in front of the building, protesters greeted agency staffers on their way to work with a hot breakfast of waffles and a suggestion for the FCC: "Don't Waffle on Net Neutrality!"

Those (I assume) delicious waffles drenched in butter and syrup, were handed out in advance of the FCC's monthly open meeting. What is one of the big reasons for the protest? The September FCC meeting does not have Net Neutrality on the agenda.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is in a tough spot these days. While net roots groups are demanding progress on net neutrality, politicians and stakeholders are telling them to stand down on the plan to reclassify broadband and mobile under Title II of the Telecommunications act. Nevertheless, groups like the SavetheInternet.com Coalition have no plans on easing up on the FCC. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).