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Lee Fang from ThinkProgress has been digging into the forces at work stopping
net neutrality legislation and has found a familiar name that could be
orchestrating the opposition. That man is Ralph Reed - better known for his
association with criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff. So how is Ralph Reed
sabotaging a free and open internet? Lee Fang with Think Progress joins Thom
Hartmann.
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"Bastards have their Filthy Hands in Everything!!!"Lee Fang from ThinkProgress has been digging into the forces at work stopping
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Washington D.C, the F.C.C has scheduled a series of open public meetings to let them know what you think of them (I know)...Now I think I know what you think of their work as of late... but why don't you let them here it from your lips or go to link and lets reform this media and give our Democracy its soul back!
Schedule of Open Commission Meetings
All meetings are scheduled to start at 10:30 am ET, except as noted.
2011
* Thursday, May 12
* Thursday, June 9
* Tuesday, July 12
* Tuesday, August 9
* Thursday, September 22
* Wednesday, October 19
* Thursday, November 17
* Tuesday, December 13Washington D.C, the F.C.C has scheduled a series of open public meetings to let them... more
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Representative Greg Walden (R-Ore.) intends to attach an amendment to the “continuing resolution” in the House that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from using any funds to implement the Net Neutrality rules it passed last December. In a speech today before the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Walden also said he and his Republican colleagues would seek to block the rules’ implementation through a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.
The following statement was issued by Free Press Action Fund Political Adviser Joel Kelsey:
“This attack on Net Neutrality is a dangerous overreach that tries to hijack the budget process to punish independent regulators for making rules that big telecoms like Verizon and Comcast don’t like.
http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2011/2/15/walden-dislikes-rules-seeks-starve-refereesRepresentative Greg Walden (R-Ore.) intends to attach an amendment to the... more
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A recent Net Neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon has dominated the news this week, with opponents claiming that the deal would kill Net Neutrality on wireless (cellular) networks. What hasn’t been mentioned thus far, however, is that BitTorrent and other types of evil traffic have already been banned for years by Verizon, AT&T and others.
http://torrentfreak.com/verizon-and-att-ban-bittorrent-on-wireless-networks-100813/A recent Net Neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon has dominated the news this... more
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Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.
Despite the concerns of telecommunications companies and the agency's two Republicans, the Federal Communications Commission voted to begin writing so-called "network neutrality" regulations. Proponents say the rules would prevent phone and cable companies from abusing their control over the market for broadband access.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said regulations are needed to ensure that broadband subscribers can access all legal Web sites and services, including Internet calling applications and video sites that compete with the broadband companies' core businesses.
"Internet users should always have the final say about their online service, whether it's the software, applications or services they choose, or the networks and hardware they use to the connect to the Internet," Genachowski said.
The FCC's two other Democrats voted to support his plan. The agency's two Republican commissioners voted merely to start the formal rule-making process, but said they are opposed to the substance of Genachowski's proposal.
Republican Commissioner Robert McDowell said he remains unconvinced that broadband providers are engaging in widespread anticompetitive behavior that requires government intervention.
"I do not share the majority's view that the Internet is showing breaks and cracks, nor do I believe that the government is the best tool to fix it," he said.
In addition, Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation --The Internet Freedom Act of 2009--that would block the FCC from enacting net neutrality rules.
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"This government takeover of the Internet will stifle innovation, in turn slowing our economic turnaround and further depressing an already anemic job market. Outside of health care, the technology industry is the nation's fastest growing job market," a press release from McCain's office said, according to The Hill (http://thehill.com/hillicon-valley/605-technology/64325-mccain-seeks-to-block-fcc-rules).
Next up for the FCC is to actually craft the rules, with a vote on whether to adopt them expected to come by next summer.
That would culminate a five-year debate in Washington that has pitted Internet companies such as Google Inc. against some of the biggest phone and cable companies - including AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp.
The broadband providers insist they need flexibility, free from government intervention, to keep their networks running smoothly. They want to ensure that high-bandwidth applications such as YouTube videos don't hog too much capacity and impede other traffic, like e-mail and online searches. They also say that net neutrality regulations would discourage them from expanding and upgrading their networks.
"We continue to hope that any rules adopted by the commission will not harm the investment and innovation that has made the Internet what it is today and that will make it even greater tomorrow," Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen said in a statement.
But companies such as Google, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc.'s Skype and Facebook Inc. argue that without such rules, the broadband companies will become online gatekeepers that can prioritize their own online services or those of their business partners - and potentially put others at a disadvantage.
Markham Erickson, executive director of the Open Internet Coalition, called Thursday's vote "the first step toward ... creating a framework that promotes innovation and consumer choice on the Internet."
The Open Internet Coalition represents public interest groups and big Internet companies, including Google, Amazon and eBay (http://www.openinternetcoalition.com/).Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband... more
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