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I’m U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, lead Democrat on the Senate Tech, Telecom, and Internet Subcommittee, and I’m here to answer your questions about net neutrality. I’ll be taking questions for an hour starting at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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I’m U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, lead Democrat on the Senate Tech, Telecom, and Internet Subcommittee, and I’m here to answer your questions about net neutrality. I’ll be taking questions for an hour starting at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Posted: 28 Jun 2017 10:42 AM PDT

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Before we get started, let talk about what's happening right now and how we got here. Two years ago, President Obama's FCC put strong rules in place to protect the free and open internet, commonly known as net neutrality. These rules protected the internet as a level playing field by ensuring that your internet service provider could not block or slow down any part of the web. It made sure that anyone could go online or start an online business and could expect to download content at an equal speed across the internet. It was a smart move, and it's working well.

Last month, Trump's FCC began the process of repealing these rules even though there's only one constituency that wants it: internet service providers. It's easy to see why. Internet service providers or ISPs want to control the way you use the internet because it's good for their bottom line. Sure, they say now that they won't block or slow down access. But it's easy to imagine these companies, that are often also your cable provider, might begin to treat the internet just like cable TV. Today, if you want cable TV, you must pay more to get more. You want more channels? That's an extra charge. You want HD quality? That's also extra. This shouldn't be the model for the internet. The internet is open and free today. We can't let them take that away from us.

Join me and let's talk about why these rules are worth protecting.

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