From SaveTheInternet.org, the companies that want to control what you are able to get on the internet:
Who wants to get rid of net neutrality?
The nation’s largest telephone and cable companies â including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner â want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won’t load at all.
They want to tax content providers to guarantee speedy delivery of their data. They want to discriminate in favor of their own search engines, Internet phone services, and streaming video â while slowing down or blocking their competitors.
These companies have a new vision for the Internet. Instead of an even playing field, they want to reserve express lanes for their own content and services â or those from big corporations that can afford the steep tolls â and a leave the rest of us on a winding dirt road.
And now, here are the good guys:
Who else supports net neutrality?
The supporters of net neutrality include leading high-tech companies such as Amazon.com, Earthlink, EBay, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Vonage and Yahoo. Prominent national figures such as Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps have called for stronger net neutrality protections.
Editorial boards at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Christian Science Monitor all have urged congress to save the Internet.
We know who you are, folks. And we also know which Congresspeople are voting for what. Charlie Bass in NH — don’t imagine you can get away with this. Tom Allen from Maine — stop dithering and oppose the bill.
I don’t want to start out moving us off topic, but I can’t believe the NH Republican party consistently gets away with running Charlie Bass for that seat. Maybe I’ll start making trips across the border and do some door-knocking for Paul Hodes.
Anyone know where Rep. Tierney stands on this?