Dear MoveOn member,
Do you buy books online, use Google, or download to an Ipod? These
activities, plus MoveOn's online organizing ability, will be hurt if
Congress passes a radical law that gives giant corporations more control
over the Internet.
Internet providers like ATT and Verizon are
MoveOn.org launches Net Neutraility's call to action...
- Forwarded Message
From: Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Civic Action
To: Rob Kelley
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:03:39 PM
Subject: Congress is selling out the Internet
Google, Amazon, MoveOn. All these entities are fighting
On 4/20/06, Jim Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know. If the Internet should be free, then why not food and water?
It's certainly more of a necessity! ;-)
Food and water are free. You just have the option to buy fuller
featured versions (like McDonald's and Coca-Cola) :-)
The internet generally isn't free. You and I pay for it in the monthly
fees we pay our ISPs. This is simply an attempt by these larger ISPs to
have the money flow from the taps at BOTH ends of the pipe.
Right now I have Verizon and I'm happy with the speed and service but
you can bet that if
FREE INTERNET! WOW! Where do I sign up? With my QWEST charges and my ISP
charges I'm pushing $40 a month. Doesn't look free to me.
In the context of the MoveOn article the word Free was meant to convey
Freedom, as in Freedom of Speech, not .
Btw, heard this morning TV stations are
