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Startups: Supporting Net Neutrality isn’t “Political”; It’s Pragmatic

By Ryan Singel on

I’m passionate about how net neutrality enables startups to thrive without getting permission or paying taxes to the ISPs that people pay to get online.Net neutrality is the simple principle that the marketplace, not ISPs, gets to decide what apps, websites, and services win and lose, and it’s enabled tens of thousand of entrepreneurs to build new things.Recently, I’ve been asking California startups to sign a startup/investor support letter for a great state bill that would reinstate the 2015 net neutrality protections that are about to expire, thanks to an FCC that only cares about ISPs. (Yes, you can sign up right up there on that link.)

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