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This appears to me that the corporations would grab immense power if
they could "block internet traffic."<br>
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I signed the petition.<br>
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Fred D.<br>
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<td>74 Democrats sold you out to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.</td>
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<td>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:17:38 -0500</td>
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<td>Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:act@credoaction.com"><act@credoaction.com></a></td>
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<td>Frederic Duperrault <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fredd@freeshell.org"><fredd@freeshell.org></a></td>
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object to your decision to co-sign an industry-backed letter to FCC
Chairman Genachowski urging the FCC to allow
broadband Internet companies to police themselves.<br>
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We can no more trust AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to protect a free
and open Internet any more than we could trust BP to protect
the oceans.<br>
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I want you to stand up for consumers like me, not sell out to wealthy
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74 Democratic members of Congress <super>(1)</super> sold you out to
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Infuriatingly, they signed an
industry-backed letter telling the FCC to abandon efforts to protect
Internet users by prohibiting
big companies from blocking Internet traffic.
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Not only is this letter an attack on net neutrality, but by signing the
industry letter, these Democratic members of Congress
are attempting to drastically undercut the FCC's ability to make a
fast, affordable and open Internet available to everyone
in America — they are actually taking a position <i>against</i> the
interests of rural and low-income communities.
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This is unacceptable. </span>
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<b>We need to make sure they know that their constituents and
other consumers are paying attention and will hold them accountable
when they undermine net neutrality protections.</b>
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What this comes down to is a principle known as "net neutrality." Net
neutrality means that Internet users, not Internet
service providers, should be in control. It ensures that Internet
service providers can't speed up, slow down, or block Web
content based on its source, ownership, or destination.
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Of course broadband providers are insisting that we should just trust
them and there's no need for consumers to be protected
by net neutrality rules. But we cannot trust AT&T, Verizon or
Comcast to protect a free and open Internet any more than we
could trust BP to protect the oceans. </span>
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Without strong net neutrality rules, we might have to rely upon the
good will of large telecoms to protect our access to
the diversity of political perspectives. We might have to trust
companies like Comcast, which actively and secretly interfered
with users' ability to access popular video, photo and music sharing
applications. We might have to trust companies like
AT&T, which censored anti-Bush comments made by Pearl Jam's lead
singer during a concert.
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A free and open Internet is an important part of 21st Century
democracy, but these members of Congress signed a letter that
undercut the efforts of the FCC to make sure the Internet stays free
and open. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>In other words, they decided to
stand with wealthy corporations rather than stand up for your interests.</b>
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The simple fact of the matter is that powerful companies with a vested
interest in this fight like AT&T have armies of lobbyists
to push their agenda. </span>
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<font color="#37424a" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>If
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<b>Thank you</b> for standing up for a free and open Internet.
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Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
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