I was excited for this week. I took today off, and the office is closed Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving; hello five day weekend. Unfortunately that wanted the ISPs to remain classified under Title II, and mid-December the internet will likely drop back down to Title I classification. There is however an . This isn’t an article to go over the differences, or even dive too deep into why I think this is a bad idea. If you are reading this we already agree that destroying Net Neutrality is a bad idea. Ajit Pai decided to ignore 98.5% of respondants investegation that Ajit Pai is currently obstructing into falsified comments around Net Neutrality It’d be easy to point the finger at Ajit Pai, the person that is ignoring the public’s comments and is siding with the 1.5% that was for destroying Net Neutrality. I don’t blame Ajit though. I never expected this person to do the right thing. Someone that will was probably never concerned about our own interests. stonewall an investigation around falisified comments to mislead the American people I was deeply disappointed when I found out about the vote that occurred in October to reinstante Ajit Pai for four more years as Chairman of the FCC. Democrats in the Senate worked together to bring this to the floor for open discussion. However to my surprise there were some democrats that decided to vote to keep Ajit Pai. Others decided to simply abstain and not vote. Who Voted To Keep Ajit Pai? It was mostly split between party lines. Republicans either abstained or voted Yay (in favor) for Ajit. However there were along with a few that chose to abstain from this incredibly improtant vote to save Net Neutrality. some Democrats that also showed up in the Yay roll call The following Democrats voted to destroy Net Neutraility: Gary Peters of Michigan voted to dismantle Net Neutrality Hart Senate Office BuildingSuite 724Washington, DC 20510Phone: (202) 224–6221 Jon Tester of Montana voted to dismantle Net Neutrality 311 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510–2604Phone: Fax: (202) 224–8594 (202) 224–2644 Joe Mahcin of West Virginia voted to dismantle Net Neutrality 306 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington D.C. 20510Phone: Fax: 202–228–0002 (202) 224–3954 Claire McCaskill of Missouri voted to dismantle Net Neutrality 503 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Phone: Fax: (202) 228–6326 (202) 224–6154 The following Democrats and 2016 Presidential Hopeful abstained: Bob Menendez of New Jersey didn’t show up to save Net Neutrality 528 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Phone: Fax: (202) 228-2197 (202) 224-4744 Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada didn’t show up to save Net Neutrality 204 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510Phone: (202) 224–3542 Bernie Sanders of Vermont didn’t show up to save Net Neutrality 332 Dirksen BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Phone: Fax: (202) 228–0776 (202) 224–5141 Wow, what an amazing Coffee Mug, via . CNET Help Save The Internet! Just because there will be a vote to repeal the Title II classification doesn’t mean there isn’t something we can still do. I strongly recommend visiting to find out more information about what you can do. Also feel free to contact the above Senators to voice your opinion on their voting decision. Of course, sharing this article will help to spread the word and giving some applause help others on Medium discover this. Save the Internet
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