After reading a story this morning on a industry related blog I wrote a letter to my Republican Congressman. I sent the same to my two Democrat Senators but just took out the reference to being a Republican. :) Anyway I'm putting it here just so you can remember that only we can keep the pressure up on our representatives on issues that affect us and this is as good of a subject as any to keep beating the drum:
"A year ago I wrote you when the AT&T purchase was being approved stating we had to stay vigilant against the carriers blocking each other in what we refer to as Net Neutrality. You wrote back, and I thank you for that, stating there is no real proof of providers blocking any traffic. This despite my proof at the time that Clearwire was already blocking any Voice over IP service (Internet Phone) other then theirs. I felt your stand was naïve because trusting the Telephone companies is like trusting the prisoners to watch the prison. We're both good Republicans who want to let companies grow as they may to achieve profitability but the exclusionary tactics encouraging monopolistic behavior is alive as always in this industry. Here is a link showing how the wholly unregulated cable industry continues to set the standard of censorship and gradual demise of a free and open Internet: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/comcast_is_bloc.html?cid=nl_IWK_daily It is my hope you will pay heed to my warning that open enterprise does not include making Internet access different by companies who make no public claims in their terms and conditions to their customers. This constitutes fraud as people buy Internet based on the belief that their subscription entitles them to a free and open network as it was built. I again greatly encourage you to consider Net Neutrality as a priority, or at the minimum, special written notification to their customers of blocked content, so the public can make an educated choice. These companies advertise they are an equal choice when they are not. Thank you, Forbes Mercy" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
