Nine days left to help save net neutrality

Recent moves by the Federal Communications Commission suggest that Internet service providers will be allowed to charge extra for higher connection speeds. Not to customers — they are already paying extra for faster broadband. But to content companies, like Netflix.

Read more about the topic in this essay by Free Press head Craig Aaron.

Small virtual reality and virtual world companies will be hit the hardest by this. Virtual environments requireÂ moreÂ bandwidth than most other Web applications. And they might not have the resources, financial or otherwise, to negotiate better access with the likes of Comcast and other cable companies.

FCC commissioners. (Image courtesy FCC.)

The solution is that the FCC needs to declare that Internet serviceÂ companies are, in effect, utilities, and must provide fair access to everybody.

You have until May 15 to act. Sign this petition. Contact the FCC and your elected representatives.

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Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.