Thanks to the hundreds of phone calls of net neutrality supporters from CREDO members like you, FCC Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has agreed to re-regulate broadband Internet so the FCC has regulatory power to protect net neutrality.

It’s an important step toward victory in our fight to save an open and free Internet, and it’s thanks in part to the pressure of CREDO Action members like you. Our friend Tim Karr is campaign director at Free Press, a nonprofit that leads the fight to save the Internet (and an organization that CREDO members have been supporting with their phone bills for years). He wanted us to share this statement with CREDO Action members:

The push by CREDO activists, netroots and progressive media has pulled the FCC from the brink. FCC Chairman Genachowski was about to abandon Net Neutrality. But after hearing hundreds of calls from CREDO members he regained his senses.

Now we’re facing a long fight as the agency revisits a Net Neutrality option that will give it the power to stop phone and cable companies from blocking our access to information online. Thanks to CREDO activists, we’re now cautiously optimistic that this FCC is getting back on track and will give Internet users the Net Neutrality protections we need.

Thanks for everything you do to fight for net neutrality. We will continue to keep you updated on the most effective ways to take urgent action and save the Internet.

Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action