{"id":3028,"date":"2014-09-10T08:34:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:35:29","slug":"join-the-internet-slowdown-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/10\/join-the-internet-slowdown-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Internet Slowdown Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the Internet Slowdown<\/a>. We support it and urge you to do so as well.<\/p>\n

Cable companies want end net neutrality so they can slow down (and break!) your favorite sites until they fork over money to move into the fastlane. The cable companies want fatter profits for themselves. You will pay with worse service, higher prices and fewer choices. As the CEO of Etsy noted<\/a>, smaller sites and companies will go out of business if net neutrality is eliminated. Competition will suffer.<\/p>\n

You can use the popup widget that appears today to call your Senators and House Rep. and tell them to support Net Neutrality. We are also providing their contact info below, so contact them using the method you prefer.<\/strong><\/p>\n