OVERVIEW
Many businesses, investment firms, civil societies, Senators, Members of the House, Mayors, and public officials support Title II.
They are listed below.
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Businesses
Civil Society
Investment Firms
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US Senators
Members of the House
Mayors
States, Cities and Utilities
The following would support the FCC if it pursued Title II.
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DETAIL
For listings including quotes from their respective FCC Comments, scroll below:
Businesses · Civil Society · Investment Firms · US Senators · Members of the House
Mayors · States, Cities, and Utilities
BUSINESSES
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Several of America's largest tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo have submitted a letter to the FCC in defense of net neutrality.
DEVELOPER TOOL
"Title II, with appropriate forbearance, strikes us as the obvious legal path for ensuring a free and open internet."
ECOMMERCE
"We also urged the Commission to consider reclassification of broadband Internet access as a Title II service, subject to appropriate forbearance."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
EDUCATION
"General Assembly believes we need strong network neutrality rules that prohibit blocking, discrimination, and access fees. These require reclassification under Title II of the Communications Act."
"We urge the FCC to create clear rules, based on Title II of the Communications Act..."
"We urge the FCC to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act..."
"The FCC should instead reclassify access to the Internet as a common carrier service..."
GAMING
"To impose [net neutrality] rules, the FCC must reclassify broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act."
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER & HOSTING
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
INVESTORS
Over 100 VCs and angel investors voiced their concern to the FCC regarding the impact that they expect a retreat from open internet rules would have on internet innovation.
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
"Title II of the Communications Act seems the most appropriate way to properly define broadband ISPs to be offering telecommunications. Speaking on behalf of Y Combinator, I'm urging you to adopt such a rule."
MEDIA
"We...all see the vibrant, open Internet that developed as a result, and the primary goal of any FCC rulemaking should be to preserve this. The only effective way to do so is with anti-discrimination rules, which can only be adopted under Title II."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
"We are aware that such a [net neutrality] rule would require Title II of the Communications Act, following the decision in Verizon v. FCC."
"We urge the FCC to classify broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act..."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
"ThoughtWorks urges the FCC to reverse its 2002 decision to treat broadband as an "information service" rather than a telecommunications service and to reclassify broadband under Title II of the communications act."
"Because of Chairman Wheeler's draft proposal, many in the NYC tech community are deeply concerned for the future of their businesses and their jobs."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
PAYMENT
"The FCC should impose a rule against unreasonable discrimination, relying on Title II of the Communications Act."
SEARCH ENGINES AND BROWSERS
"Mozilla recommends the Commission instead use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to adopt enforceable protections.."
"We urge the FCC to classify broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act..."
SOCIAL NETWORK
"Title II, with appropriate forbearance, strikes us as the obvious legal path for ensuring a free and open internet."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
VIDEO STREAMING
"Title II provides a solid basis to adopt prohibitions on blocking and unreasonable discrimination by ISPs."
"We urge the FCC to reconsider its proposal, and to classify broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act ."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
"...the only way that the FCC can draw that bright line is for the agency to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act."
CIVIL SOCIETY
"The FCC must grab this opportunity to assert its full authority under Title II, and implement strong regulations protecting the open internet and innovation online."
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
"The D.C. Circuit ruling in Verizon v. FCC clearly illustrates that what is missing from the framework contained in the Commission's 2010 Open Internet Order is a Title II telecommunications foundation."
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
"The D.C. Circuit ruling in Verizon v. FCC clearly illustrates that what is missing from the framework contained in the Commission's 2010 Open Internet Order is a Title II telecommunications foundation."
American Library Association and more
"Title II reclassification would provide valuable certainty to the marketplace and place public broadband Internet access service on an equal regulatory footing with other communications services."
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
"Classifying such service as a telecommunications service subject to Title II of the Communications Act would eliminate the specific legal obstacle that proved to be the downfall of the 2010 rules, and thus could provide a stable long-term base of authority for open Internet rules."
"reclassifying Internet service providers as Title II "common carriers" is the soundest legal theory on which to base open Internet rules."
"ColorOfChange.org urges the Commission to classify the transmission component of Internet access service as a Title II telecommunications service..."
"The Commission has repeatedly voiced its commitment to a strong Open Internet. Now it must base this commitment on the strongest authority possible. That means reclassification under Title II of the Communications Act."
"To preserve the Internet's open architecture, the Commission should use Title II...
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
"The Commission's commitment to preserving an open Internet has not wavered, and its path toward that goal is now clear: adopt rules under Title II..."
Consumer Federation of America (CFA)
"Title II is the best way to protect consumers."
"The Internet is a public utility and the FCC must regulate Internet providers as common carriers..."
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
"As the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals explained in Verizon v FCC, the Commission cannot impose meaningful non-discrimination obligations on Internet access providers without treating them as common carriers. It is time to stop trying. Reclassification will give the FCC the authority it needs to do its part to support the open Internet."
"We therefore urge the Commission to reclassify broadband Internet service as a Title II service so it will have the authority to implement robust net neutrality rules across all platforms."
"Title II is the strong, legally sound way to enforce net neutrality. Use it"
"The goal is to preserve the open pathway. The only way to do that is to restore common carriage."
"To promote innovation and competition, we urge the Commission to reclassify and use their ample Title II authority."
"The most effective way for the Commission to protect and promote the open Internet is to implement Open Access by reclassifying the broadband transmission component as a Title II telecommunications service."
Open Media and Information Companies Initiative (Open MIC)
"As Investors, we believe classification of broadband Internet service under Title II of the Communications Act would best protect the open Internet as a platform for economic growth and innovation."
National Hispanic Media Coalition
"The only way to preserve the atmosphere [of innovation] would be for the Commission to utilize its Title II authority..."
Public Knowledge (with Benton and Access Sonoma Broadband)
"To best ensure that it adopts rules designed to protect all of the internet—not just its commercial aspects—the Commission should require that broadband access providers operate as common carriers."
Rural Broadband Policy Group - NTCA
"All transport and transmission capacity offered on underlying networks should be regulated pursuant to Title II..."
"Internet Freedom Supporters urge the Commission to reclassify Internet access service as a Title II telecommunications service."
Writers Guild of America, West
"Title II classification remains the most appropriate legal category for a quintessential telecommunications service like Internet access..."
INVESTMENT FIRMS
"As Investors, we believe classification of broadband Internet service under Title II of the Communications Act would best protect the open Internet as a platform for economic growth and innovation."
SENATORS
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
"The most straightforward and effective way to protect the Open Internet is to reclassify broadband Internet as a common carrier under Title II of the Telecommunications Act."
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
"I am very concerned about reports that the NPRM will presumptively allow "paid prioritization arrangements" as long as they are "commercially reasonable."
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
We believe that authority already resides in Title II. By reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service, with appropriate forbearance, the FCC could prevent online discrimination.
"Whatever legal gymnastics may be performed in the coming months, it is plain old common sense to any Internet user that broadband access providers -- all broadband access providers -- are providing telecommunications services covered by Title II."
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
Congressman Michael E. Capuano
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
Congressman David N. Cicilline
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
"We urge the FCC to use its clear authority under Title II of the Communications Act to reclassify the transmission component of broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service."
MAYORS
We believe that the most effective way to truly protect the open Internet is for the FCC to break with its previous approach and re-classify broadband Internet as a telecommunications service subject to regulation as a common carrier.
We believe that the most effective way to truly protect the open Internet is for the FCC to break with its previous approach and re-classify broadband Internet as a telecommunications service subject to regulation as a common carrier.
We believe that the most effective way to truly protect the open Internet is for the FCC to break with its previous approach and re-classify broadband Internet as a telecommunications service subject to regulation as a common carrier.
STATES, CITIES AND UTILITIES
"The City believes that the Commission would be well within its authority if it were to reclassify Internet access service as a telecommunications service."
New York & Illinois State Attorney Generals
"This goal [of openness] can be achieved by making the necessary reclassification so that broadband Internet access service is classified as a "telecommunications service," giving consumers and content providers the protections associated with common carrier services."
"Philadelphia's "information economy" has developed rapidly in the last decade, becoming a major source of growth in small businesses and startups, and the well-paying jobs they can bring. Network barriers limiting high speed access to those who can pay a premium for it will disadvantage these new enterprises and stifle an important engine for the City's economic growth."
Vermont State Attorney General
"The time has come to correct the mistake made over a decade ago: reclassify broadband providers as "telecommunications services" rather than " information services."
Washington State Attorney General
"Allowing Internet service providers to charge content providers for preferential treatment could limit the content choices available to consumers and make it difficult for consumers to access the content of their choice."
Massachusetts Dept of Telecommunications and Cable
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
"The Pa. PUC believes that its modified common carriage proposals provide the basis for the consistent formulation and implementation of standards that would not only protect the open Internet but would continue to provide the appropriate economic incentives for the continuous deployment of broadband access network facilities and services throughout the United States with the appropriate support from the federal and state USF mechanisms."