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Save Internet Neutrality!

Thu Sep 24, 2009, 7:17 PM
Do you really want Comcast, Qwest, or AT&T tell you that, in order to get Myspace or Facebook, you must also get a dozen services you don't need or want, just as they now tell you that to get ESPN or HBO, you must also pay for three dozen other channels you don't give a shit about? That's what is going to happen if Internet Neutrality is allowed to be defeated by the special interests currently gearing for war with the FCC.

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You say, "Where there have been a handful of questionable actions in the past on the part of a few companies, the Commission and the marketplace have responded swiftly. The case has simply not been made for what amounts to a significant regulatory intervention into a vibrant marketplace." Essentially, you are claiming that since no carrier has been bold enough to actually implement a tiered structure, they won't.

You must realize that in many cases we're talking about the same companies that charge more to send a single SMS text message than it costs to retrieve the same amount of data from the Hubble telescope. The terms "fair" and "reasonable" aren't in these companies' dictionaries.


Please pass along the information above to everyone you can. certain corporate interests want to make sure that only those who can pay through the nose for internet service will do so. The want to make the internet just like cable tv, with one service, holding both consumers and providers over a barrel just to talk to each other.

And of course, write your various state and federal lawmakers, expressing your EXTREME DISPLEASURE for this kind of back door policy making.

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  • Drinking: Arizona Green Tea

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