The following have urged the FCC to reverse course and pursue Title II. US Senators
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Charles Schumer (NY)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ben Cardin (MD)
- Kristen Gillibrand (NY)
- Corey Booker (NJ)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Angus King (ME)
- Bill Nelson (urging consideration of Title II as a “sounder path”)
Members of the House
- Nancy Pelosi (CA)
- Keith Ellison (MN)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR)
- Michael E. Capuano (MA)
- André D. Carson (IN)
- John Conyers, Jr. (MI)
- David N. Cicilline (RI)
- Peter De Fazio (OR)
- Donna F. Edwards (MD)
- Sam Farr (CA)
- Alan Grayson (FL)
- Rush Holt (NJ)
- Mike Honda (CA)
- Jared Huffman (CA)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH)
- Barbara Lee (CA)
- John Lewis (GA)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA)
- Alan Lowenthal (CA)
- Betty McCollum (MD)
- Jim McDermott (WA)
- Jim McGovern (MA)
- Jerrold Nadler (NY)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
- Beto O’Rourke (TX)
- Mark Pocan (WI)
- Charles B. Rangel (NY)
- Tim Ryan (OH)
- John Sarbanes (MD)
- Jan Schakowsky (IL)
- Bobby Scott (VA)
- José E. Serrano (NY)
- Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
- Mark Takano (CA)
- John F. Tierney (MA)
- Pete Visclosky (IN)
- Michel Michaud (ME)
- Anna Eshoo (CA)
- Carolyn Maloney (NY)
- Mike Doyle (PA)
Mayors and States, etc.
- Mayor Bill De Blasio (NYC)
- Mayor Edwin Lee (SF)
- Mayor Charlie Hales (Portland)
- State Library of Kansas
- Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
Tech Companies & Startups Across Economy
- Netflix
- Automattic/WordPress.com
- Dwolla
- Meetup
- Kickstarter
- Etsy
- General Assembly
- Foursquare
- Gilt
- Spotify
- Upworthy
- Vimeo
- Cogent
- Opera Software ASA
- Codecademy
- CodeCombat
- Contextly
- OpenCurriculum
- Touchcast
- Heyzap
- VHX
- Warby Parker
- Mozilla
- Floor64/Techdirt.com
- Golden Frog
- Data Foundry
- ThoughtWorks
- MobileWorks
- LendUp
- Distinc.tt
- Twilio
- Badger Maps
- Linear Air
- Poll Everywhere
- Publitas.com
- RebelMouse
- Shapeways
- TerrAvion
- Rewheel
- Gandi
- Fandor
- Embedly
- Apportable
Telco and Cable Companies
Trade Associations
Investment Firms
- Y Combinator
- Union Square Ventures
- Trillium Asset Management
- Calvert Investments
- Arjuna Capital/Baldwin Brothers Inc.
- Zevin Asset Management
- First Affirmative Financial Network
- Clean Yield Asset Management
- Colorado Sustainable Financial Planning
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Park Foundation
- As You Sow Foundation
Public Interest Organizations
- Free Press
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Public Knowledge
- Fight for the Future
- Demand Progress
- National Hispanic Media Coalition
- Open MIC
- New America Foundation Open Technology Institute
- MoveOn
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Access
- Consumers Union
- Common Cause
- CREDO
- ColorofChange
- Center for Media Justice
- Future of Music Coalition
- Benton Foundation
- Voices for Internet Freedom
- AimHigh LA
- Appalshop
- Art Is Change
- Chicago Media Action
- Clarisel Media
- Common Frequency
- Dignity and Power Now
- Easton Community Access Television
- Families For Freedom, Inc.
- Generation Justice
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
- Iguana Films
- Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Iraq Veterans Against the War
- Latino Rebels
- LatinoJustice PRLDEF
- Librotrificante Movement
- Line Break Media
- Main Street Project
- Martinez Street Women’s Center
- May First/People Link
- Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net)
- Media Alliance
- Media Literacy Project
- Media Mobilizing Project
- Message Media Education
- Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)
- MujerLatinaToday.com
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
- National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
- National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients
- National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP)
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- News Taco
- Organizing Apprenticeship Project
- Paper Tiger TV
- Presente.org
- Radio Bilingüe 45. Ruth Livier
- St. Paul Neighborhood Network
- The Greenlining Institute
- The People’s Press Project
- TURN (The Utility Reform Network)
- Women In Media & News (WIMN)
- Women, Action & the Media
- Working Films
- Working Narratives
- Young Women United
- Center for Rural Strategies | Whitesburg, KY
- Access Humboldt, Eureka, California
- Access Sonoma Broadband, Cazadero, CaliforniaRURAL
- Akaku Maui Community Media, Kahului, Hawai’i
- Anne Braden: Southern Patriot Project, Whitesburg, KY
- Appalachian Citizens Law Center, Whitesburg, Kentucky
- Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky
- A Prairie Populist, Minnesota
- Athens Area Council for the Arts, Athens, Tennessee
- Bluegrass Rural, Melber, Kentucky
- California Center for Rural Policy, Arcata, California
- The Canadian Record, Canadian, Texas
- Central Appalachia Regional Network
- The Central Collective, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Coal River Mountain Watch, Naoma, West Virginia
- Gourd & Associates, Park Hill, Oklahoma
- Grassroots Foundation, Joes, Colorado
- Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
- Independent Living Resources, Richland Center, Wisconsin
- Institute for Agriculture Trade and Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Institute for Local Self Reliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- June Appal Recordings, Whitesburg, Kentucky
- K12 Handhelds, Inc., Portal, Arizona
- Living Independence Network Corporation, Boise, Idaho
- Media Literacy Project, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Missouri Farmers Union, Langdon, Missouri
- National Network of Forest Practitioners, Athens, Ohio
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia
- The People’s Press Project, Moorhead, Minnesota
- Progress Lakeshore, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Public Relations Association of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana
- Public Relations Society of America, Shreveport, Louisiana
- REACH Healthcare Foundation, Merriam, Kansas
- Redwood Alliance, Arcata, California
- Rural Broadband Policy Group, Whitesburg, Kentucky
- Rural LISC, Washington, DC
- Root Deeper Marketing, Athens, Ohio
- Shawn Poynter Photography, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Southern Idaho Rural Development, Shoshone, Idaho
- Summit City Lounge, Whitesburg, Kentucky
- Terzetto Creative, LLC, Huntington, West Virginia
- Tribal Digital Village Network, Pala, California
- The Utility Reform Network, San Francisco, California
- Virginia Rural Health Association, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Washington County Council of Governments, Calais, Maine
- The Watershed Center, Hayfokd, California
- WV Community Development Hub, Fairmont, West Virginia
Candidates
The following would support the FCC if it pursued Title II.
- Senator Harry Reid (would “lead the fight” to defend “any” open Internet rules)
- Senator Jay Rockefeller (urging FCC to consider “all viable options”)
- Congressman Henry Waxman (proposing the “undisputed Title II” authority as a backstop); then coupled with 706 for substantive authority
- Yahoo (as a “last resort”)
- AOL (as a “backstop”)