http://www.freetheiphone.org/

The iPhone is a bellwether for the future of mobile internet — and the signals it’s sending aren’t good.

FreetheiPhone.org isn’t just about liberating our favorite new gadget from the shackles of AT&T, it’s about promoting an open, competitive Internet for everyone.

The big phone companies like AT&T and Verizon Wireless make a ton of money by locking you into exclusive deals for the newest phones and levying big fees for early termination. Once you are signed up, they can force you to use their slower-than-dial-up networks; cripple new features like Wi-Fi, video, music and games; and make you buy “preferred” content from their services.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

We need to unlock the potential of these devices and open the public airwaves to real competition. At FreetheIphone.org, the campaign for Wireless Freedom is a fight for:

The freedom to use whatever device we want on any network

The freedom to choose among providers in a competitive wholesale marketplace

The freedom to access any content or services we want through our devices

We’re at a unique moment. The FCC is about to make available huge portions of the public airwaves for mobile Internet uses. If used right — following the three open access standards above — these airwaves could connect tens of million of Americans who are now being bypassed by Internet providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.

The FCC and Congress need to hear from concerned citizens like us. If we open up these airwaves to new competitors, protect Net Neutrality, and unchain the devices — not just the iPhone but whatever comes next — we can create a new kind of mobile Internet in America, one that is truly open and accessible to all.

That is what freeing the iPhone is all about.