and frankly it kind of ticked me off to the point I wrote to our two senators as well as our congressman from Nevada
Below is the text of the email I sent along with the link to the primary article on Verizon.
If you are of a similar opinion - I urge you to also contact your Representatives and Senators
and let them know what you think about these packets of lies and Verizon's blatant attempt
at thievery.
Dennis
As per an article in the Washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020601624.html
as well as several other publications, it appears the telcos, with Verizon leading the mob, are poised to attempt to really rip off the American Public.
Verizon's John Thorne is holding forth with the bald face lie that companies such as Google are getting what he calls "a free ride." and proposes to charge extra fees to such companies.
Google and all other internet based companies already pay and pay handsomely for access to the internet. How on earth does that constitute a free ride?
We, meaning all users of the internet, must pay for our side of the access and so do all those businesses. If it were not for those businesses, most individuals would have no reason to be on the internet for anything more than messages!
Verizon is attempting to create an artificial financial bottleneck that will benefit no one but Verizon and could well stifle the domestic economic virtues of internet based commerce.
Please please do what ever you can to prevent this injustice before serious damage is done.
Thank you
Sincerly
Dennis R Bagley
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