Recently, 74 House Democrats and 37 Senate Republicans signed an industry-written letter addressed to the Federal Communications Commission to stop the protection of net neutrality, despite President Barack Obama’s constant support for an open internet.

Last summer, President Obama appointed Julius Genachowski to lead the FCC to protect Internet users and prevent telecommunication companies from throttling Internet traffic.

However, the Democrats’ stance against the presidential promise of an open internet would drastically undercut the FCC’s ability to carry out the National Broadband Plan and connect more people to the Internet. The Plan proposes to bring life-improving broadband services to rural and low-income communities.

It is alleged that the majority of these representatives have accepted significant contributions from the phone and cable lobby.

Read the article by Tim Karr on Free Press’ Save Our Net website.