Shame on those evil big companies for wanting to make a profit! Shame on them for wanting to control how the very networks which they built and run, with their stockholders' money, are run! <g>
Sorry sometimes I just can't resist! Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Dana Spiegel > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:39 PM > To: nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net > Subject: [nycwireless] Fwd: Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Timothy Karr, Campaign Director" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: January 24, 2006 2:33:28 PM EST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Internet Freedom Under Fire: Act Now > > > > Dear Dana Spiegel: > > > > After destroying TV and radio, mega-media corporations are scheming > > to control what content you can view and which services you > can use > > online. > > > > Streaming video, Internet phones, podcasting and online games are > > the future of the Internet. But companies like Verizon, AT&T and > > Comcast want Congress to let them deliver only their own products > > at super-high speeds ... while sticking the rest of us in the slow > > lane. > > > > This predatory scheme would be a dead end for independent voices > > and Internet innovators: bloggers, producers, and any new channels > > and services that might compete with the conglomerates. > > > > The only way to stop them is to raise hell right now: > > > > Tell Big Media and Congress: Hands Off Our Internet. Go to http:// > > www.freepress.net/action/neutrality > > > > From its beginnings, the Internet was built on a cooperative, > > democratic ideal. The infrastructure's only job was to move data > > between users - regardless of where it came from or what it > contained. > > > > This "network neutrality" fostered a medium that did not exclude > > anyone, allowed for far-reaching innovations, and created the > > Internet as we know it. > > > > Past experience shows that when large media companies are left to > > their own devices, the result is content and services that serve > > nothing but their bank accounts. An open and independent Internet > > is the antidote to these media gatekeepers. > > > > If big media companies are allowed to limit the fastest services to > > those who can pay their toll, upstart Web services, consumers, > > bloggers and new media makers alike all would be cut off from the > > digital revolution. > > > > Tell Big Media and Congress: Hands Off Our Internet. Go to http:// > > www.freepress.net/action/neutrality > > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
