--- title: Supporting net neutrality and the Internet Slowdown description: On 10th September 2014, Canonical are joining in with Internet Slowdown day to support the fight for net neutrality. Along with Reddit, Tumblr, Boing Boing, Kickstarter and many more sites, we will be sporting banners on our main sites, www.ubuntu.com and www.canonical.com. If there were Internet slow lanes, you’d still be waiting. Protec […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/supporting-net-neutrality-and-the-internet-slowdown?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Robin Winslow](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nottrobin "More about Robin Winslow") on 9 September 2014 # Supporting net neutrality and the Internet Slowdown Share on:* [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.canonical.com/blog/supporting-net-neutrality-and-the-internet-slowdown "Share on Facebook") * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/share?text=Supporting%20net%20neutrality%20and%20the%20Internet%20Slowdown&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/supporting-net-neutrality-and-the-internet-slowdown&hashtags=ubuntu "Share on Twitter") * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/supporting-net-neutrality-and-the-internet-slowdown&title=Supporting%20net%20neutrality%20and%20the%20Internet%20Slowdown "Share on LinkedIn") --- --- ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up On 10th September 2014, Canonical are joining in with [Internet Slowdown day](https://www.battleforthenet.com/sept10th/ "Battle for the net - September 10th") to support the fight for net neutrality. Along with [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/ "Reddit"), [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/ "Tumblr"), [Boing Boing](http://boingboing.net/ "Boing boing"), [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/ "Kickstarter") and many more sites, we will be sporting banners on our main sites, [www.ubuntu.com](http://www.ubuntu.com/ "Ubuntu.com") and [www.canonical.com](http://www.canonical.com/ "Canonical.com"). If there were Internet slow lanes, you’d still be waiting. **Protect Internet freedom.** *Defend net neutrality.* Take action ### Net neutrality From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality): > Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of communication. ### Internet Slowdown day [#InternetSlowdown](https://twitter.com/hashtag/internetslowdown "Twitter - #InternetSlowdown") day is in protest to the [FCC’s plans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality#Proposed_2014_US_FCC_policy "Wikipedia - FCC's current plans") to allow ISPs in America to offer “paid prioritization” of their traffic to certain companies. If large companies were allowed to pay ISPs to prioritise their traffic, it would be much harder for competing companies to enter the market, effectively giving large corporations a greater monopoly. I believe that internet service providers should conform to [common carrier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier "Wikipedia: Common carrier") laws where the carrier is required to provide service to the general public without discrimination. If you too support net neutrality, please consider signing the [Battle for the net petition](https://www.battleforthenet.com/ "Battle for the net petition"). 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