[Cialug] [Fwd: [amesfug] Net Neutrality]

Tue Aug 29 13:45:37 CDT 2006

from amesfug:

Hello

Below is a message from the ACLU on Net Neutrality. I thought the group may
be interested in.  I am considering driving down to Des Moines to support
this effort. If people are interested in car pooling let me know.

Jim Popken

From: ACLU of Iowa <Legislative at aclu-ia.org>
Date: Aug 28, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: ACLU of Iowa Statehouse Update
To: Undisclosed list <undisclosed at mchsi.net>

   *ACLU of **Iowa** Statehouse Update*

August 25, 2006

*What are your lunch plans on Wednesday?*

Thousands of petition signatures from Iowa residents will be delivered to
two of Senator Harkin's offices this Wednesday. The media will be invited,
and we need a big crowd to show Senator Harkin how important protecting Net
Neutrality is to constituents.  Please plan to be part of the crowd.  This
important event to keep the Internet free requires nothing more than your
presence.  No need to reply; no need to do anything but show up.

*What:* Internet freedom petition delivery to the senator's office
*Where:* In Des Moines (Walnut St), 210 Walnut Street

In Cedar Rapids, 150 First Avenue, NE
*When:* Wednesday, 30 Aug 2006, 12:00 PM in Des Moines & Cedar Rapids

* *

*What is Net Neutrality?

*Right now, your Internet provider doesn't get to choose which websites open
quickly on your computer. They can't decide that Google will open more
quickly than Yahoo, or that the website of a company they own will open more
quickly than a competitor. That's because of Net Neutrality-the rule that's
been in place since the Internet was created that says Internet service
providers can't discriminate between websites.

Telephone and cable companies (like AT&T, Verizon, BellSouth, Comcast, and
Time Warner) want to eliminate Net Neutrality so they can put tollbooths on
the Internet and speed up sites that pay them the most. They've been quite
blatant about it-here's what one top executive told the* Washington
Post*:  "William
L. Smith, chief technology officer for Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp., told
reporters and analysts that an Internet service provider such as his firm
should be able, for example, to charge Yahoo Inc. for the opportunity to
have its search site load faster than that of Google Inc." 
(*Washington**Post
* , December 1, 2005)

Some informative links:

"Executive Wants to Charge for Web Speed,"* Washington Post*, December 1,
2005
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1902&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=5

"Net Losses,"* New Yorker*, March 20, 2006
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1902&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=5>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1646&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=6

How Net Neutrality affects you
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1646&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=6>http://www.savetheinternet.com/=threat

Joint Op-Ed on Net Neutrality, MoveOn and Christian Coalition,* Washington
Times*, June 16, 2006
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/=threat>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1884&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=7

*Where your senators stand: *
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=senatemap

*The petition to Congress can be signed at: *
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1826&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=4

Some senators think the public doesn't care about this issue. They think we
don't know companies like AT&T and Verizon are spending millions lobbying
Congress to eliminate Net Neutrality and give them more over control of the
Internet. But petition deliveries in 50 locations across the nation this
week will prove them wrong.

This event is brought to you by the diverse
SaveTheInternet.comCoalition-which includes local small businesses,
consumer groups, ACLU,
Craig from Craigslist, MoveOn, the Christian Coalition, ACLU of Iowa, Gun
Owners of America, Free Press, musicians REM and Moby, and over 750 other
organizations (see below).

*Who supports Net Neutrality?
*
Over 1 million Internet users
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=press11

Over 750 grassroots organizations across the country
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/=press11>http://www.savetheinternet.com/=members

Political groups from left and right
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/=members>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1884&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=9

Small businesses
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1884&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=9>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1964&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=10

Bigger businesses
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1964&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=10>http://www.freepress.net/news/15288

College football teams
<http://www.freepress.net/news/15288>http://www.savetheinternet.com/=football

Video gamers
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1965&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=11

Jon Stewart
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1965&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=11>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClkE64nFDY

The Daily Show correspondents
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClkE64nFDY>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YedWtX9tKE

REM
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YedWtX9tKE>http://www.remhq.com/flash/news/news.html?news_id=2072

Moby
<http://www.remhq.com/flash/news/news.html?news_id=2072>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1966&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCP
N3W0VoxQ&t=12

The "Broadband"
<http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1966&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=12>http://www.savetheinternet.com/broadband.html

Techno fans
<http://www.savetheinternet.com/broadband.html>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1954&id=8553-7217980-.JNJZ2MjAgZxCPN3W0VoxQ&t=13

17,000 MySpacers
http://www.myspace.com/savetheinternet

Thousands of bloggers
<http://www.myspace.com/savetheinternet>http://www.savetheinternet.com/=blogger

-- 
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