Today is Internet Slowdown Day

Submitted by westbywest
on Wed, 09/10/2014 - 9:25am
Top sites on the Internet, including Netflix and Reddit, will display today a constant "loading" symbol -- the so-called "loading pinwheel" or, alternately, the Spinning Wheel of Death.  It's part of Internet Slowdown Day.
 
They believe in the "free and open Internet, with no arbitrary fees or slow lanes for sites that can't pay. All of the people, companies, and organizations below have taken taken a stand for 'Title II reclassification,' the only option that lets the FCC stop cable companies from breaking the key principles of the Internet they love.
 
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net neutrality