By Griffin Davis, Communications Intern & Kevin Erickson, Communications Associate
A diverse array of musicians and a wide range of prominent arts and culture organizations have already stood up in support of real net neutrality. If you’re interested in adding your voice to the chorus, here’s some good news: you now have a little extra time.
That’s because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced an extension to its deadline for public comments. Last month, as the initial period for comments was coming to a close, the volume of comments was so intense—by far the most responses to an FCC rulemaking docket ever, as Craig Aaron of Free Press points out—that the FCC servers crashed repeatedly, and the agency was forced to extend the deadline by several days.
Now, because they want to give as much time for the next phase of the process as was originally promised, they’ve extended the reply comments period as well, until Monday, September 15. Here’s what you need to know.
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