…ou’re partly right.* But the more relevant answer today is: we all support Net Neutrality. And along with Google, Amazon, Reddit, Dropbox, and countless other companies who rely on an open internet, we’re all encouraging you to show support, too. If you’re familiar with the issue, you’re thinking: We’ve talked about Net Neutrality for years. Now it’s being seriously threatened. Public input has been effective in the past. This time, what can we do…

…t’s part of our mission, too. Constructing and expanding a high-speed internet network is time-consuming, but we’re working as fast as we can. Santa Cruz County needs a competitive independent internet provider and that’s us. We not only provide great service, but we keep the big companies honest. We’re Net Neutral and respect folks’ privacy. Competition — that’s us, again — leads to lower prices and drives innovation. We’re growing our network qu…

…he Plaza which we expect to launch in January. Cruzio Remains Dedicated to Net Neutrality Not all news was good in the world of the internet this year; it wasn’t all fast speeds and fiber. On December 14th, the FCC voted to gut current net neutrality rules, and all but erase a free and open internet. That means ISPs could throttle connections to some websites, and create paid “fast lanes” to others without any repercussions. Being an ISP ourselves…

…on — which is odd, because every other business has to compete. And as for Net Neutrality, the non-Neutral model is cable TV, not the internet we’re familiar with. Cruzio and other independent ISPs are competition. We’re not welcome in this paradigm. In the early days of the internet, companies like ours made Net Neutrality the lay of the land. Larger ventures like AOL and Genie couldn’t compete with an open internet. Their “closed garden” models…