Maria Daines
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5/11/2006 7:11:49 PM
Hands OFF the INTERNET!!!!!!!!!
I was forwarded this email, I'm sure if this gets through in USA you can be sure it will happen globally soon after, say NO!!!!!!!!
Congress wants to let Internet providers block your access to information on the web.
Say no.
What if you logged on to the Internet only to find that you couldn't connect to your favorite blog, news, or music download site? Worse yet, that (gasp) you couldn't access Care2?
Might sound absurd, but this could be a reality for all Internet users in the near future. Take action!
A Congressional panel just voted to make it easier for phone and cable companies to block or slow your access to sites and services on the Web.
Why? Because telephone and cable companies, like AT&T and Comcast, own the lines that connect you to the Internet, they can control where you go and how fast you get there. By blocking or slowing access to Internet-based services that compete with their own offerings like Internet-telephone, music, and video downloads, they reduce competition and increase business.
But for Internet users like you and me, this is bad news.
If this legislation were to pass in Congress, it would be like opening a virtual (no pun intended) Pandora's box. Once phone and cable companies are given the legal ability to block or inhibit your access to the Web and its services, access to information becomes monopolized, making it near impossible for bloggers, start-ups, and every day people to create new content or access it.
Is this what we want for the net? Please take a moment now to tell Congress why the Internet must be kept free and open.
We cannot let the democratic nature of Internet fall into the grip of corporate America....
Are you with me?
Lauren Alvarez,
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
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