Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org Skype: janercoffin Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.202.247.8429 From: "Christopher Mitchell, ILSR" <broadband=muninetworks.org(a)mail37.us4.mcsv.net> on behalf of "Christopher Mitchell, ILSR" <broadband(a)muninetworks.org> Reply-To: "Christopher Mitchell, ILSR" <broadband(a)muninetworks.org> Date: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 5:45 PM To: Jane Coffin <coffin(a)isoc.org> Subject: Re-Energized and Ready to Organize Around Internet Access With the repeal of network neutrality, we can't afford to sit back and sulk -- ILSR & MuniNetworks is advocating for better local Internet solutions... View this email in your browser @CommunityNets Community Broadband Networks Muninetworks.org Hi MuniNetworks Supporter, I know you've heard that the FCC repealed network neutrality yesterday. We find this extremely disappointing, but take solace in the fact that communities with their own networks will face the least harm by the decision. We aren't mourning. We are in the office this morning with an even greater dedication to community networks. Listening yesterday to the Commissioners in the majority -- who just finished working for the big monopolies or will go on to lobbying jobs with those companies or both -- pretend that they are helping small businesses made my heart pound. Please help us continue the important work of raising the profile of broadband networks that are accountable to communities rather than shareholders. A little more than 10 years ago, I began working here at ILSR to help communities thrive in spite of the big monopolies and crony capitalism in D.C. Two years ago, my wife and I had our first child. The last two years left me really tired at times. Worn out. Burned out. No more. After yesterday, I'm revitalized! I'm ready for another 10 years of helping community after community regain control of its future. The list of interested communities is growing faster than it ever has before. We have a great team here, doing great & unique research. We made the first map of rural cooperative fiber networks. We dug into FCC data and found that 100 million Americans can get broadband only from the four big monopolies that have a history of violating net neutrality (AT&T, Verizon, Charter, and Comcast). And we mapped where they all live. This work gives me hope. We need your help to keep it up. Please donate and keep us going. Spread our work around and rate our podcasts so more people will find us. Any donation amount helps - knowing that you care enough to give us material support will help to keep us energized in the tough days ahead. We aren't going to stop at ensuring an open Internet. We will keep going until the monopoly power than corrupts our country is distributed back into the local business and residents of our communities. Thank you, Christopher Mitchell, Community Broadband Networks initiative director Institute for Local Self-Reliance PS: We aren't going to stop at ensuring an open Internet. We will keep going until the monopoly power that corrupts our country is distributed back into the local businesses and residents of our communities. If you aren't familiar with ILSR's larger focus, watch this. @CommunityNets Community Broadband Networks Muninetworks.org You can always find our most recent stories and other resources at http://MuniNetworks.org Copyright © 2017 ILSR, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up at muninetworks.org or www.ilsr.org to learn more about our work. Our mailing address is:ILSR 2720 E. 22nd St Minneapolis, Mn 55417 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list