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["christian stalberg" <cstalberg AT web-analysts.net>]

Title: Free Press: media reform through education, organizing and advocacy

 

Dear ,

Want faster, cheaper broadband for North Carolina? If big companies like Time Warner Cable get their way, you won't get it.

Communities across the state are trying to build municipal broadband projects that could bring fast, dependable Internet services — and more jobs — to the people who need them most. These projects are good for everyone except Time Warner Cable and AT&T. So these giant companies are turning to their buddies in the General Assembly to stop local broadband. 

Tomorrow, a state Senate committee will debate a bill being pushed by Time Warner Cable and AT&T that would outlaw municipal broadband networks for good. The co-chairman of the committee reportedly put the bill on the fast track. But we can stop it from going forward.

Please call each member of the committee right away and tell them: This bill is terrible for North Carolina. Don’t let Time Warner Cable take away municipal broadband.

Sen. Daniel Gray Clodfelter (co-chair): (919) 715-8331
Sen. Daniel T. Blue, Jr.: (919) 733-5752
Sen. Peter Samuel Brunstetter: (919) 733-7850
Sen. Fletcher Lee Hartsell, Jr.: (919) 733-7223
Sen. David W. Hoyle: (919) 733-5734
Sen. Samuel Clark Jenkins: (919) 715-3040
Sen. Josh Stein: (919) 715-6400
Sen. Jerry W. Tillman: (919) 733-5870

Last year, these same phone and cable companies tried a similar stunt. Thanks to a strong, grassroots campaign, the companies backed off and the bill was abandoned.

But now the industry lobbyists are back, telling state legislators to vote against the public interest and leave the future of the Internet to Time Warner Cable and AT&T.

We need to stop this bill. Please call the members of the committee now and tell them: North Carolina communities need the freedom to create their own broadband networks.

Time is running out; the Senate committee is meeting tomorrow. Please call the members now.

Thanks,

Misty Perez Truedson
Program Manager
Free Press Action Fund
www.FreePress.net

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