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What is Net Neutrality?

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Net neutrality is the equal treatment of all data.

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Just like these data packets.

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Net neutrality means that users like us should decide which devices, software, services, and websites are used.

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Net usage should be open and without any third party telling us what will and won't work.

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Why should you care?

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Because it is an awesome thing from which you benefit every day

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and because this[br]awesome thing is currently endangered.

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A neutral network shows no discrimination towards the sender, content, or receiver of sent data packets.

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It doesn't make any difference which rate the sender and receiver are paying,

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or what kind of application or protocol sends or receives the packet.

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Or in simpler terms...

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Imagine the web as a road on which data packets are moving.

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This road connects all[br]computers that are connected to the internet.

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On the crossroads of these streets are routers,

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which direct the data packets on the right route to their destination.

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The routers don't care who comes down the road.

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Nor do they care how they look, where they are from, where they want to go, or what content they have with them.

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This way I can communicate directly with my friends

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even if they are living on a different continent, pay different rates, or have a different provider than me.

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I can access the internet to visit any website or play any game

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no matter who is offering them or where the hosting servers are located.

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I can watch any videos or read blogs from all over the world,

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and I can take part in initiatives and open source projects.

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I can do all this whether I am using a tablet, laptop, PC, or mobile device to access the internet.

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This is what the internet is all about. This is the way we expect it to work.

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We all benefit, as a community, from these neutral communication networks.

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They guarantee our access to all available content on the worldwide web.

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Because of this, the network providers earned billions within the last several years.

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Net neutrality: an awesome idea for all of us.

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What if we let infringement of net neutrality happen?

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Such a process is very difficult to reverse, if at all.

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We would lose the richness of the internet, the variety of options through which we shape the net.

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We would lose much content because providers cannot afford the toll of the telecommunication enterprise any more.

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We would lose the free competition and by this the release of new services of smaller companies or community projects.

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The free access to content and information that we currently enjoy would be gone.

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There would be a two, three or four class model of the internet,

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or even not just one internet but many, and different content would be available in different nets.

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Think of it like a set of TV channels from a pay-tv provider, where in addition to basic programmes, there are premium programmes that are charged differently depending on the channel.

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You could only access whatever the providers offer and expect to be profitable.

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The network operatorsâ regime would severely limit todayâs freedom of information on the internet.

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And for this loss, we would have to pay more.

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However, our providers say they would never do such a thing; it is just something like a rise in price!

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But of course, the telecommunication providers have been proven to lie right to our faces regarding the legality of arguments to break net neutrality.

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For example, the claim of non-available capacity, or that countries with laws for net neutrality would have a slower internet connection.

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If they already lying at this point, why would they tell the truth by promising to build a faster net with the additional money

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while claiming they will not sift through our data, even though they need it in order to make the caste system work?

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How can they possibly keep the richness and the competition with such a system?

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Therefore: Protest with us!

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Request statutory regulations for net neutrality in your country and in the EU!

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Demand equal treatment of data!

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Reject preferential treatment of premium data in exchange for a worse treatment of your personal data!

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Stand up against network locks and an artificial deceleration!

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Fight for a free and open communication network, in which we together as community benefit from!

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Demand non-manipulated data traffic!

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Reject the discrimination or prioritizing of data, no matter what the reason!

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Nobody has the right to be the snooping in our traffic. Nothing justifies it.

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We are all entitled to net neutrality even in mobile networks!

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Real net, now and in future!