Lost in all of this discourse (including the Snopes article) seems to
be the fact that "we" own the airwaves and the bandwidth and have,
through our government, sold that bandwidth to commercial enterprises
at a very favorable rate, in some cases none at all. I understand
that companies that provide the services deserve just compensation
for their activities, but the overriding concern should be that we
are protected and given the best access that can be obtained. I hope
that there's no evil afoot here and that our elected representatives
are not welcoming bribes to favor certain well-heeled vested
interests, but I have yet to be convinced that this is not the case.
Roger
On 7 May 2006, at 18:52, Bob wrote:
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
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Here is the URL the for Snopes article on this.....
Bob
Oooooops here it is.....
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/neutrality.asp
Bob
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