[Peace-discuss] Fw: Urgent action needed to help save the Internet
E. Wayne Johnson
ewj at pigs.ag
Wed Aug 11 19:26:04 CDT 2010
I never cease to be amazed at the subversive authoritarianism of groups
like this and how dictatorial they are toward their constituents.
On 8/12/2010 3:55 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> I support Color of Change, which seems to be a powerful and effective
> group these days. Maybe you will as well.
> --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Wed, 8/11/10, James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org
> /<info at colorofchange.org>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org <info at colorofchange.org>
> Subject: Urgent action needed to help save the Internet
> To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 10:24 AM
>
> *Google's deal with Verizon is worse than we thought.*
>
> Tell the FCC to reject it and act now to save the Internet.
>
> Click here
> <http://act.colorofchange.org/go/355?id=2143-1141418&akid=1545.394109.NR7TdJ&t=1>
>
>
> Dear Jenifer,
>
> Just after more than 30,000 of you spoke out about Google and
> Verizon's plans to undermine the open Internet, the details became
> clear. It's worse than we thought.^1
>
> As our friends at MoveOn put it, *the Google/Verizon plan would
> "create two separate, unequal sections of the Internet — one for
> big business that would be high-speed and exclusive, and then the
> inferior, slow 'public Internet' that would be available to you
> and me."*
>
> The Google-Verizon proposal kills net neutrality while claiming to
> protect it — and worse, the companies want this proposal to become
> law. This is unacceptable. *The FCC must act now — it's their job
> to write rules governing the Internet, not the corporations
> they're supposed to be regulating. Tell the FCC to reject this bad
> deal and enact strong net neutrality protections now:*
>
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> The deal between Google and Verizon may be great for their bottom
> line, but it's terrible for everyday Americans. It calls for the
> creation of a "public internet" — which would remain open — and a
> "private internet," which would not. The faster "private internet"
> would choke the life out of the "public internet," leaving those
> who can't afford to pay to have their content or applications run
> with faster service struggling to keep up.
>
> Worse, this deal would leave the Internet without any meaningful
> safeguards. If a broadband provider decided to break the few rules
> there are, the proposed fines are too low to deter providers from
> violating them.
>
> This is what happens when big corporations get to write the rules
> that govern them: they win and the public loses. Speak out to
> demand that the FCC put strong net neutrality rules in place right
> now:
>
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> Earlier this year, the FCC looked like it was on track to ensure
> we could all enjoy strong net neutrality provisions. But a federal
> lawsuit forced the FCC to change its plans.
>
> The FCC can still enforce net neutrality, but it first must
> revisit a Bush-era decision to deregulate broadband. By revisiting
> this decision and reclassifying broadband as a communication
> service, the FCC can do everything it needs to do to protect
> American consumers. And in fact, the chair of the FCC, Julius
> Genachowski, announced his intentions to do this.
>
> But he has backed away from this plan under intense pressure from
> the telecommunications industry. Our federal regulators need to
> stop caving to big business and take a stand for us. *The FCC has
> all the tools it needs to protect our interests and ensure the
> Internet remains a vital engine of information exchange and
> innovation. Genachowski must act now, before Google and Verizon's
> bad idea becomes an even worse reality.*
>
> Please join us in calling on the FCC to act immediately to save a
> free and open Internet, and when you do, please ask your friends
> and family to do the same:
>
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> Thanks and Peace,
>
> -- James, Dani, William, Gabriel, Milton, and the rest of the
> ColorOfChange.org team
> August 11th, 2010
>
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> References:
>
> 1. "Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse," Huffington Post, 8-9-2010
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