Internet Freedom Under Fire - Act Now

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Subject: [FORUM] Internet Freedom Under Fire - Act Now
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:30:59 -0500
From: Andy Valeri <avaleri <at> mvcc.net>
To: access-forum <at> lists.alliancecm.org

After destroying TV and radio, mega-media corporations are
scheming to  control what content you can view and which services
you can use online.

Streaming video, Internet phones, podcasting and online games are
the  future of the Internet. But companies like Verizon, AT&T and
Comcast want  Congress to let them deliver only their own
products at super-high speeds  ... while sticking the rest of us
in the slow lane.

This predatory scheme would be a dead end for independent voices
and  Internet innovators: bloggers, producers, and any new
channels and services  that might compete with the conglomerates.

The only way to stop them is to raise hell right now:

Tell Big Media and Congress: Hands Off Our Internet.

Go to http://www.freepress.net/action/neutrality

 From its beginnings, the Internet was built on a cooperative,
democratic  ideal. The infrastructure’s only job was to move data
between users —  regardless of where it came from or what it