Al Franken: . .Net Neutrality Is Under Attack ... Again

[annabanana]

http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/8316-net-neutrality-is-under-attack-again

In a procedural move, Senate Republicans are trying to overturn the rules that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put in place late last year to help protect net neutrality - the simple idea that all content and applications on the Internet should be treated the same, regardless of who owns the content or the website. The House already pushed through this dangerous legislation, which would effectively turn control of the Internet over to a handful of very powerful corporations.

I sincerely hope the Senate doesn't follow suit, and I'm doing everything I can to make sure this terrible legislation never reaches the President's desk.

While millions of Americans have become familiar with the concept of net neutrality, it's important that we're all on the same page. Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged. It isn't even a change from what we have now. Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.

This isn't a radical concept - it's what each and every one of us experiences every time we use the Internet. Right now, an e-mail from a friend arrives in your inbox just as quickly and reliably as an advertisement from Amazon.com. Consumers can go online and make a reservation at a small fishing lodge in Ely, Minnesota, just as quickly as they can at the Hilton.

PLEASE go to the link. Al has been a reliable guy.. and he's not exaggerating now.

[lamp_shade]

1. I watched his half-hour speech on the floor a few hours ago. He explained the whole thing so well

that even I understood it. It was an excellent speech and I wish more people had seen it.
Uh... no... I wasn't on the floor.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. And again, and again, and again ...

If I got paid for every petition I've signed...

[annabanana]

3. And it has been beaten back, again and again and again.

Unfortunately, inattention will kill the internet. It's one of those "eternal vigilance" issues you hear about.

[annabanana]

4. kicking for visibility. . . n/t