I spoked with Senator Kyl's office and left a message for Senator McCain. Took all of 5 minutes to do. I hope others are calling. I'm quite shocked this made it out of the House.
Andy On 6/14/06, Nick Lesiecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Heed Tom's words, get educated, and please let your senators know how you feel! Those of us living in the bay area can usually count on our representatives to be pro-sensible-internet-policy. It would help if Arizona's senators also knew that their constituents care. Keep in mind that "ability to pay" may not be the only criteria that these big companies use when deciding who gets "advanced" service and who gets "molasses service". Nick On Jun 14, 2006, at 12:59 PM, Thomas Hicks wrote: > Dear Fellow JUG members, > > As technologists, we often have the luxury of avoiding political > issues. > Unfortunately, however, one of the founding principles of the > Internet, > Network Neutrality, is currently under seige by lawmakers. Big > telecomm > and ISP companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are spending > millions to > lobby lawmakers to let them prioritize network traffic based on the > sender's > ability to pay. Possible problems and actual abuses under such a > system > are listed at: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=threat#abuse > > The fear that gutting Network Neutrality will pose serious problems > for > small, non-profit organizations (such as the Tucson JUG), has lead > a huge > diversity of organizations to support renewing the principle as law: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=coalition > > Last Thursday, the House, including our representative Jim Kolbe, > voted to kill Network Neutrality. He and a majority of others in > the house also > voted against the (pro-neutrality) Markey Net Neutrality > Amendment . Hopes now > turn to the Senate where our senators: > > Senator John McCain > Phone: 202-224-2235 > Senator Jon Kyl > Phone: 202-224-4521 > > will have the chance to consider this question and the chance to > protect Net Neutrality > by supporting the bipartisan Snowe-Dorgan Internet Freedom > Preservation Act (S. 2917). > > Should you feel that this issue is of importance to your job, your > blog, your JUG, > your favorite causes, or merely your sanity, you may find these > additional links helpful: > > summary of the issue: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=faq > > find out more: > http://www.savetheinternet.com/ > > petition your representatives: > http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/ > > regards, > -tom hicks > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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