Posted on March 25, 2008 by Denise Levereaux
We set up at Cool Beans today to discuss the impact of an un-neutral internet on small, independent businesses and their ability to offer free internet. The draw was a little bit lower than the first day, with about 20 signatures coming in over all. We also canvassed the Computer science building before class to [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Denise Levereaux
Even if you don’t get a chance to stop by our tables and sign one of our letters this week, you can still tell your representative how you feel.
Savetheinternet.com has an automatic web form that you can use to tell legislators to support net neutrality.
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Erin Hoover
Today marked our first day of Net Neutrality Week at the University of South Carolina campus. We stood at a table outside of the Russell House and distributed fact sheets to passersby. We also had letters available for those that were interested in contacting their representatives about net neutrality. We had 39 letters signed today [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Denise Levereaux
We have a Facebook group! Join us!
Students for Net Neutrality on Facebook
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Denise Levereaux
Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet. The Internet has operated according to this neutrality principle since its earliest days. Indeed, it is this neutrality that has allowed many companies, including Google, to launch, grow, and innovate. [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Denise Levereaux
Posted on March 21, 2008 by Erica Cosh
If you can’t make it out to see us and sign the petition in Columbia then here is some information so that you can contact your state’s representative. Since there are so many representatives we will only have petitions for South Carolina representatives, sorry for all of you who are out of state. The following [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2008 by amberusc
Don’t miss us next week! From Monday March 24, 2008 until Thursday March 27, 2008, we will be hosting “Net Neutrality Week” on and around the USC (that’s South Carolina) campus. During this time, we will simply be informing people about the importance of Net Neutrality and the consequences of getting rid of it. We [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Fiona McDevitt
This was our second brainstorming session. The first took place in the School of Social Work’s computer lab. We have since upgraded to the local coffee shop where we iron out details such as how we will publicize and what our logo will be over an hour lunch break between classes. This is group work [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2008 by Erin Hoover