A total of 150 web companies, including Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, Reddit, Netflix, Ebay, Etsy, Yahoo and LinkedIn have signed an open letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of a free and open internet. 

The web giants have taken a position against the commission's dismantling of net neutrality, or the idea that all content providers should have equal distribution to all customers. A court ruling earlier this year found that the FCC did not have authority to regulate internet and broadband providers for net neutrality, but the commission's critics have argued that the FCC has not done enough to appeal the decision. Recently proposed FCC rules could open the door even wider for internet providers like Comcast or Verizon to charge different rates to content providers for faster connection speeds. 

The letter, signed by more than 100 companies, included that the FCC's recent rules would, "enable phone and cable Internet service providers to discriminate both technically and financially against Internet companies and to impose new tolls on them." The group called for the protection of users as well as internet companies against blocking sites and prioritizing high-paying sites, all while making internet providers services more transparent. 

Among the fears of deregulation against internet service providers is that media conglomerates like Comcast/NBCUniversal would be free to bolster their own content and leave smaller, independent sites less accessible to users. 

Because of public uproar against recently proposed FCC rules, Commissioner Tom  Wheeler has reportedly requested a delay in moving forward.