Net neutrality

Learn more about this issue and why it is very important to you.

Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org tells why his efficient classified pages could be hurt by the big-mega corps.

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal wrote this a year ago about these same companies and their wireless service where they prevent us from accessing desired services and products. You can bet they will treat the Internet the same.

Those against net neutrality are using very dirty tactics. They all are using the same words and tactics which shows a well-organized corporate effort to eliminate the independent voices now using the internet. Here is an example: “Under their self-proclaimed banner of “neutrality,” Google, eBay and other big online companies are lobbying for what amounts to a federal exemption from paying.” So, they play the populist card, suggesting we are dupes of large corporations. This from Democrats - some of whom have no shame. We liberals have to realize a lot of Democratic representatives are also bought and owned by the big lobbyists. We need to look past the rhetoric and to the facts. The fact is we subscribers pay for the internet so that we can access Google. Google is popular because I and you and others like their great services. I pay for those wires.

Verizon president Smith said if they can destroy net neutrality it would reduce their revenue by 8 billion dollars from us subscribers. Now why would he be for such a change? Because he can then realize 20 or 30 or 100 billion dollars in revenue from Google and Yahoo and eBay and Amazon. He wants part of their profits. Such is the deceit being put out there. Oh, and if you think your rates will go down, guess again. It just gives them more profits.

With net neutrality gone, you will have a hard time finding this website in a year or five years at the most. As we learn real news via the Internet, those who fear the free exchange of ideas are looking at how to cripple the Internet.

Write your US Senators and insist they support net neutrality. Insist.