> 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 > > > Oooooops here it is..... http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/neutrality.asp Bob -- ///// ( O O ) --------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Curiosity killed the cat although I was a suspect for a while........
