In January 2014, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., trashed (PDF) the Federal Communications Commission’s “Open Internet” rules. Translation: The judges killed Net Neutrality.  And in April 2014, proposed rules by the FCC would allow discrimination of content by ISPs. But there's hope -- and now is the time to act.

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