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Hi Herbert,

According to multiple news reports today, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will use Title II to protect real Net Neutrality.¹

This. Is. The. Biggest. Deal. Ever.

We’re not being hyperbolic here. Title II would be a watershed victory for people like you who have pushed the FCC — some of you for an entire decade — to protect the open Internet.

So here’s what we do now:

1) Get excited. We're closer than ever to the biggest public policy victory in decades.

2) Get ready to fight. Over the next three weeks the cable and phone industries are going to try and destroy everything we’ve worked for.

The big Internet service providers will pressure the FCC to weaken its proposal. They'll round up their buddies in Congress. They'll flood the Web and the airwaves with lies and misinformation.

Creating policy change is hard. Winning Title II will be a huge victory that protects the rights of Internet users at a time when companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon are trying to control the market and strengthen their monopoly status.

Title II gives the FCC the authority it needs to preserve the foundational principles of universal access, competition, interconnection and consumer protections that are core parts of the Communications Act.

As long as the FCC continues down this path — and also keeps the final order free of loopholes and industry meddling — the chairman should be cheered by the millions who have mobilized to save the Internet.

As the details of the FCC’s rules emerge over the next three weeks, the push from the cable and phone industries will become even more aggressive. There will be enormous pressure on the FCC to weaken its proposal before the final vote on Feb. 26.

We'll need to be vigilant to ensure the rules remain as strong as possible.

We've proved that organized people can trump organized dollars and that industry is no match for activists like you.

Thanks for all you’ve done to save the Internet. If we keep pushing in the weeks ahead, this is a fight we can win once and for all.

Onward,

Craig, Candace and the rest of the Free Press Action Fund team
freepress.net

P.S. It takes more than energy and commitment to go up against the phone and cable companies. Help fuel our campaign to save the open Internet with a donation of $10 (or more!) today. Thank you!

1. "FCC Chairman Reportedly Moving Forward with Real Net Neutrality Protections," Free Press, Feb. 2, 2015: http://act.freepress.net/go/16251?t=4&akid=5081.10046904.UqozTw