[Peace-discuss] Fwd: The Great Internet Rip-Off

[John W.]

I don't often forward things from organizations, but this seemed worth
sharing to me.  Were you aware that average U.S. broadband speeds are 20
times slower than speeds available to users in Japan, France, Spain, the
Netherlands, Korea and Hong Kong?

John



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From: Timothy Karr, FreePress.net <info at freepress.net>
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Subject: The Great Internet Rip-Off
To: jbw292002 at gmail.com


    <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=zGk3E-tR_ujUY87tbnTinQ..>

Tell the FCC to Stop the Internet
Rip-Off<http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=IB70vAMFyaAf40Iun2e2aQ..>

Dear John,

The FCC just released its National Broadband Plan. Based on the gushing
media response, you'd think that America's Internet was sailing smoothly
into the future.

Think again.

There are some good things in the plan, but it punts on the thorniest
problems that Internet users face in America: astronomical prices, slow
speeds and no real choices among providers.

*Stop the Great Internet
Rip-Off*<http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=DMfTYIIBR67PJfEKsb8yBg..>

The FCC plan is a promising start, but it's short on action. And Comcast and
Time Warner Cable are thumbing their noses at it —  having just announced
plans to jack up their Internet prices even higher.

That's why we're asking you to sign on to this
letter<http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=2KtVzfWUFoKv4bdp6Wds6g..>telling
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski that we need real choices, lower
prices, faster speeds and an open Internet in America. Nothing less.

The only way to keep down prices, and get the Internet we need, is for the
FCC to follow through on our demands. We're facing:

   - *High Prices:* Cable and phone companies jack up Internet prices simply
   because they can. People have too few options for world-class Internet
   connections, resulting in costs that are among the highest in the developed
   world.
   - *S**low Speeds:* Average U.S. broadband speeds are 20 times slower than
   speeds available to users in Japan, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Korea
   and Hong Kong.
   - *Few Choices:* Five percent of American households have no wireline
   providers; 13 percent of households have just one; and 78 percent have just
   two. In other words, *96 percent of the country has two or fewer choices
   for wired broadband. *

The National Broadband Plan is our best chance to fix America's Internet
problem. But prices will not go down, and speeds will not increase without
concrete action from the FCC.

*Tell the FCC: Stop the Great Internet
Rip-Off*<http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=pznRI8htVF8JfDtk9Z2rUQ..>

It's time we took a stand against the narrow corporate interests that have
held America's Internet captive for too long.

Sign on to the letter<http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=2eBmEgld9VKMZMIvOaUzXA..>and
forward this e-mail to your friends and colleagues.

Thanks,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
www.SaveTheInternet.com <http://www.savetheinternet.com/>
www.FreePress.net <http://www.freepress.net/>

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