*Save public access television! DEADLINE for comments end of today (Mon.)

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DEADLINE FOR THIS ACTION IS THE END OF THE DAY, Mon Feb 13, 2006:
File a comment with the FCC

Cable TV and the major telecom companies, while competing for your business, are united in trying to do away with local public access television and the right of cities and towns to negotiate fair deals with these companies. These multi-year deals, called franchises, are the basis of the PEG system - the Public, Educational and Government channels that these cable/telecom companies must provide to cities where they do business.

Companies like Verizon, AT&T (formerly SBC Global), Comcast and Time Warner hope to hike their profits while at the same time doing away with any public interest or pubic access obligations to the cities and towns where the operate.

Choose a link below and follow the simple instructions -

the deadline for comments is end of day Monday February 13!

An important FCC proceeding is underway that could well impact the future for community access media.

Please take a few moments now and make public comments - and ask every supporter you know to please join our cause.

Keep Community Media Local!

For cable access organizations, producers and access supporters there are three excellent sites available to choose from:

Access organizations = http://www.alliancecm.org

Access producers & friends = http://mnn.org/saveaccess/nprmhowto.html

General public & other allies = http://www.freepress.net/fcc/comment.php?d=05-311


And for inspiration, here's word from Jeff Chester at Center for Digital Democracy standing up and speaking out!

http://www.democraticmedia.org/news/washingtonwatch/FCCfiling.html
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1. kick

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2. time sensitive kick

:bounce:

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3. ~~

[Solly Mack]

4. I tried - can't.

They won't accept an APO address. So that means as military, the FCC doesn't want to hear from me - since they will not allow for my military address. They make no provisions for APO addresses. Nevermind we're American citizens who have a right to voice our concerns.

"The FCC does not accept comments from outside the United States." (APO addresses are not part of the "state" selection - though it's a VERY EASY mistake to correct - if they wanted to)

[G_j]

5. that is absurd! But thank you

so much for trying!
it is a very important issue for the future

thanks anyway! :-)