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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Has anyone heard about the bill in Congress to "give a few corporations the 
power to end the free and open internet as we know it"?

AARP:  Telecommunications Policy Proposed by Congress Must Recognize Internet 
Neutrality  
http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/internet_neutrality.html

Los Angeles Times:  AOL Blocks Critics' E-Mails  
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-aol14apr14,1,5346265.story?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true

B.C. Civil Liberties Association Denounces Blocking of Website by Telus
http://www.twu-canada.ca/cgi-bin/news/fullnews.cgi?newsid1122447600,4516,

New Yorker:  Net Losses  
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/talk/060320ta_talk_surowiecki

San Francisco Chronicle:  Don't Undercut Internet Access
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/17/EDGNSGUA4F1.DTL

"Until recently, companies that provided Internet access followed a de-facto 
commoncarriage rule, usually called "network neutrality," which meant that 
all Web sites got equal treatment. Network neutrality was considered so 
fundamental to the success of the Net that Michael Powell, when he was 
chairman of the F.C.C., described it as one of the basic rules of "Internet 
freedom." In the past few months, though, companies like A.T. & T. and 
BellSouth have been trying to scuttle it. In the future, Web sites that pay 
extra to providers could receive what BellSouth recently called "special 
treatment," and those that don't could end up in the slow lane. One day, 
BellSouth customers may find that, say, NBC.com loads a lot faster than 
YouTube.com, and that the sites BellSouth favors just seem to run more 
smoothly. Tiered access will turn the providers into Internet gatekeepers."

Lynda
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Lynda wrote:

>Has anyone heard about the bill in Congress to "give a few corporations the 
>power to end the free and open internet as we know it"?
>
>
I received a blurb from moveon.org just yesterday regarding same.  It's
either the biggest hoax or, unfortunately, it's true.  I would have
imagined that the AARP and moveon.org would have done their homework.

Lisa