Oldest trick in the book, attach a position to an ideological word that people cant disagree with. Who can disagree with "freedom".
Little does the public know they are supporting a position that could reduce freedom and possibly even destroy their freedom of choice, as they signon to positition that will reduce speeds, increase costs, reduce investment, and destroy small competitive providers. Freedom really means no regulation, so providers can have the freedom to build networks without unnecessary beurocracy and burdens. Freedom to allow people to build businesses based without strings attached. Ironically, Google is one of the largest advocates of NEtNEutrality but yet one of the largeset threats to freedom. NetNEutrality is best purposed to stop abuse of power by those with market power. I'd argue Google has majority market power beyond that of any single access provider. Google has more eyeballs and and steers Internet traffic more than any other entity. What would happen if we made a "Save the Small Provider, the real Open Internet" or "Vote Content Neutrality not NetNeutrality for an Open Internet" would it get a top indexing on search engines? Or would the "Save the INternet" Pro NetNEutrality get the top Indexing? Google has the power allow consumers to see the point of view of content providers, but to prevent their access to view Access provider's point of view. On a critical vote week like this week, Google has power to censor what consumers can find and have access to. What preventing Google from doing that right now, and compromising our Free country? What makes content providers a better steward of Freedom than Access providers? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: Cameron Crum To: WISPA General List Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Free Press Floods the FCC With Net Neutrality Petitions I just sent ours in. Cameron On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Rick Harnish <[email protected]> wrote: While normally an ally of WISPA, in this case Free Press is taking a position that is opposite WISPs feelings on this topic. This is a MAJOR reason while it is absolutely essential that ALL WISPs take the time to file by 5:00 PM tomorrow. I have attached the WISPA filing and a template to use. Once you have customized the letter, please make a .pdf copy or a .doc file and upload it at the following website. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=rhroc. If you choose not to use the WISPA template letter but want to write your own comments, you can either follow the previous procedure or use the Express filing method at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=nc5cd. The proceeding number ET Docket Nos. 09-191 and WC Docket No. 07-52. You can add the second Proceeding Number by clicking Add Proceeding. Free Press Floods FCC With Net Neutrality Petitions Group wants Commission to toughen up chairman's proposed compromise order By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/13/2010 11:45:52 AM Free Press is killing some trees to try and "save" the Internet. Free Press says that SavetheInternet.com volunteers will be hand-delivering 2 million petitions to the FCC, with volunteers making the trek every hour on the hour until sometime Tuesday. Free Press wants the FCC to toughen up the chairman's proposed compromise order expanding and codifying its network openness rules. The order does not rely on reclassifying broadband access under some common carrier regs (Title II), allows for specialized services, and does not apply most of them to wireless broadband. The FCC is planning to vote on the order Dec. 21, which is still subject to edits and emendations as the commissioners vet the draft. Free Press calls the chairmen's proposal a "toothless" effort that "give[s] just about everything to giant phone and cable companies, and leave[s] Internet users with almost nothing." That two million are not all in response to the compromise FCC proposal, but represent the names on a number of different petitions on net neutrality cirucluated over the past couple of years, according to Free Press' Craig Aaron. Copies of the different petitions are being attached to the appropriate list of names, approximately 50,000 per boxful, which are being delivered hourly to the commission through Tuesday. To monitor the progress of the data drop, go to marathon.savetheinternet.com Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! 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