A group of Internet pioneers and leaders rebuked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They demanded the agency to cancel its vote repealing net neutrality rules, which is scheduled Thursday, December 14.
In an open letter on Wednesday, internet pioneers including Vinton G. Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee told FCC, “You don’t know how the internet works.”
Cerf is recognized as one of the “Fathers of the Internet” and is currently the chief internet evangelist for Google. He is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. On the other hand, Berners-Lee is the inventor of World Wide Web & professor at MIT.
According to them, “We are the pioneers and technologists who created and now operate the Internet, and some of the innovators and business people who, like many others, depend on it for our livelihood. We are writing to respectfully urge you to call on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to cancel the December 14 vote.”
Their letter was addressed to four members of Congress, who serve in the communications, technology, innovation, and the internet committees. They also sent a copy of the letter to the FCC.
