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Use the Internet to Save the Internet
Together we won the first round in the battle for Net freedom. But the phone and cable giants are launching a counterattack. We need to raise the alarm and send a clear message to our new Congress: Make Net Neutratlity the Law in 2007!
via AlterNet, thanks to Thoughts and Philosophies
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SavetheInternet.com Coalition Calls on New Congress
Companies like AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth and Comcast pushed the FCC to remove Net Neutrality protections last year and have since spent more than $150 million to keep Congress from reinstating the nondiscrimination rules that enabled the Internet to become an unprecedented vehicle for free speech and economic innovation. But in the end, they couldn’t overcome widespread public opposition, and Congress would not pass a telecommunications bill that failed to protect Internet freedom.
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“We look forward to working with the new Congress to craft a comprehensive broadband policy that will preserve the open character of the Internet,” added Gigi Sohn, founder and president of Public Knowledge. “Consumers were the winners when Congress chose not to pass legislation during the session just ending that would have given control over delivery of Internet content to the telephone and cable companies and, in addition, would have given control of consumers’ use of digital media to the FCC and entertainment industries.”
The more than 850 groups in the SavetheInternet.com Coalition also include the National Religious Broadcasters, the Service Employees International Union, the American Library Association, Educause, Gun Owners of America, Future of Music Coalition, Parents Television Council, the ACLU, and every major consumer group in the country. The coalition also includes thousands of bloggers and hundreds of small companies that do business online.
Want to know what you can do?
MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet ââ¬â Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable
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Pack up all your cares and woe,
See the uninformed talk go,
Bye, Bye, Bad Bill . . .
I guess we all had our moments when
Here’s what happened . . .
That petition you signed. I signed one just like you. There were 1.2 million people who took the time to do it too.
We made a noise of our own.
It was LOUD together.
It was LOUDER THAN THE LOBBYISTS.
IT WAS LOUD ENOUGH FOR CONGRESS TO HEAR.
They took action before they closed the 109th Congress.
It was you and me and people like us that did that.
You and I made a difference.
I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.
Net Neutrality Wins More Senators
The Net Neutrality movement is gaining support among U.S. senators. At the close of the August recess, the SaveTheInternet.com coalition added four previously uncommitted legislators to the cause.
According to the website, that brings the tally to 26 senators in favor of the Snowe-Dorgan amendment to Senator Ted Stevens’ sweeping telecom bill. There is ground left to make up, though, with half the Senate still uncertain.
The split is almost entirely according to party lines. All 14 of the senators who’ve made a stance against Net Neutrality are Republican. Of the 26 senators in favor, 24 are Democrat. Fifty-six are still uncommitted, and four straddle the fence.
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“Powerful telephone company lobbyists will tell you one of two things – both of which, of course, are false,” said [David] Petit [of the Public Interest Research Group.] “First, they will tell you that the Stevens bill already preserves Net Neutrality. This is completely not true. Second, they might say ââ¬Ëdon’t regulate the Internet. Let the market decide.’ … All we want to do is reinstate the Net Neutrality principles that guarantee that the Internet treats everyone fairly.”
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Save the Internet
Here are two YouTube videos to check out. Thery’re both short and worth a look.
RE: Save The Internet by KGP
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From: knifegunpen
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Save the Internet! by StuEvo
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From: StuEvo
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–ME “Liz” Strauss
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