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Question for HN... As a non-american, what can I do to help you? I'm from the UK, and I'm fairly worried that if this happens in the US, we'll be next. I obv

Question for HN... As a non-american, what can I do to help you? I'm from the UK, and I'm fairly worried that if this happens in the US, we'll be next. I obviously don't have a US representative to call. Is there anything I can do to support the net neutrality fight? (Will donate to EFF if I can think of nothing better)

orthecreedence 9y ago
Net Neutrality being repealed is a symptom of the telecoms owning all the infrastructure. I'm not sure how things work in the UK, but if you guys have publicly-owned/municipal internet infrastructure, then I wouldn't worry about Net Neutrality. If your infrastructure is owned by a few big companies like in the US, then my recommendation would be to start fighting for public control. As far as helping people in the US...Net Neutrality is a loaded term now. We need to stop convincing people why Net Neutrality is a good idea and start convincing them why municipal broadband is a good idea. Maybe approach it from that angle.
- Samis2001 9y ago
  It's not publicly owned but the market is way less dysfunctional than in the US - aside from the few fiber & cable ISPs, a single phone line allows you to choose from a reasonably broad selection of ISPs.
  - cat199 9y ago
    the business culture also doesn't treat 'society itself' as some form of economic externality to be factored out of any potential equation..
komali2 9y ago
Become famous and start shouting at people.
PMan74 9y ago
> As a non-american, what can I do to help you? Well the EU seem to have a decent (if slow moving) record on consumer protection (PSD, PSD2, roaming, data protection, etc.) so maybe lobby your MEP > I'm from the UK No, wait ...