--- 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 --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Robin Winslow](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nottrobin "More about Robin Winslow") 9 September 2014 # Supporting net neutrality and the Internet Slowdown --- Share the article 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"). Also posted [on my blog.](https://robinwinslow.co.uk/2014/09/09/supporting-net-neutrality/) [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### AI infrastructure for telcos](https://canonical.com/blog/ai-infrastructure-for-telcos) Why moving from pilots to production changes the platform Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the demonstration phase. Telco operators are already exploring it for fault... [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 2 October 2026 [### Canonical named a Challenger in the 2026 GartnerⓇ Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-a-challenger-in-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-server-virtualization-platforms) Canonical has been recognized as a Challenger in the 2026 GartnerⓇ Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms. The inaugural edition of the report provides an... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 1 October 2026 [### Canonical announces the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell to help secure autonomous AI agent fleets](https://canonical.com/blog/charmed-openshell-alpha-release) To streamline enterprise deployment and lifecycle management, Canonical is announcing the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell. [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 September 2026 [### Ubuntu coming soon to Snapdragon X2 Series platforms, unlocking more Linux PCs for the agentic world](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms) Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies announce upcoming native Ubuntu support for Qualcomm’s flagship laptop silicon, delivering multi-day battery life, 80 TOPS NPU acceleration,... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 23 September 2026