Greg Stempel wrote: > As much as this list seems to love a good controversy, where is all > the banter over the new legislation pending to coporatize the internet? > >>>>> > Congress is now pushing a law that would end the free and open > Internet as we know it. Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon are > lobbying Congress hard to gut Network Neutrality, the Internet's First > Amendment and the key to Internet freedom. Net Neutrality prevents > AT&T from choosing which websites open most easily for you based on > which site pays AT&T more. So Amazon doesn't have to outbid Barnes & > Noble for the right to work more properly on your computer. > Many members of Congress take campaign contributions from these > companies, and they don't think the public are paying attention to > this issue. <<<<< > > > Take care, > Gregory david Stempel > F I R E F R A M E i m a g i n g > www.americanphotojournalist.com > www.soundexposure.org > > Here is the URL the for Snopes article on this..... Bob -- ///// ( O O ) --------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Curiosity killed the cat although I was a suspect for a while........