Post Your Reps Response Here!
Last night, Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) introduced the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act" (HR 5353) to stop relentless corporate attempts to set up roadblocks on the information superhighway.
This important bill guarantees Net Neutrality by restoring it in the foundation of communications law. This bold move promises that the public -- not phone and cable companies -- will control the fate of the Internet. The legislation also calls for a nationwide series of public hearings before anyone in Washington hands these gatekeepers and their lobbyists more power.
Visit SavetheInternet.com to take action and urge your Representative to co-sponsor this bill. Our goal is to get 100 co-sponsors on this bill and we can do it!
When you get a response from your Representative, please post it in the comment section of this post, so we can hold them accountable for their stance on Net Neutrality.
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Congressman Lincoln Davis(D-TN)
Quoted From Email Reply
Dear XX:
Thank you for contacting my office with your concerns about
network neutrality.
For my part, I chose to vote against the network neutrality
amendment because I believe it added unnecessary government
regulation to the internet. The internet is an amazing tool that has been
spurred by private innovation and has never been ruled by legislative
mandates. I believe keeping the Internet an open, innovative platform
will continue to meet our needs for effective communication, quality of
life, democratic participation and economic growth. I don't know many
people who would argue that they would like to see more government
intervention in their daily lives or anyone who believes that the federal
government knows more about what is best for their local community
than they do. Additionally, there has been little evidence of abuse by
network operators and should any abuse occur, the Federal
Communications Commission is poised to act swiftly to stop and prevent
any such practice.
Again, thank you for contacting me. If I can be of assistance to you in
the future, please do not hesitate to let me know. Sincerely,
Lincoln Davis
Member of Congress
Personally, I find this statment to be absured, he says he wants to protect everything this bill stands for yet votes against it. The first thing I thought is I wonder who's payroll he is potentially on.
Net Neutrality Re-Hashed
Here we go again. The liberals are attempting to hijack the internet. They have tried to tax it, but that didn't get them anywhere. So, they try their old "grass roots" approach where they pretend to be defending the citizens from some giant monster. In this case the telecom industry.
The telecom industry is very competitive and rates are extremely low for transmitting data. However, some companies that use huge amounts of bandwidth want to use the internet and have warped the true and original intent of Net Neutrality. They want the public at large to pay for their use whether or not the individual uses any bandwidth.
Net Neutrality was originaly suppose to guarantee you the right to access the internet with any legal hardware and software. It was not meant to be a social program to give some special interest groups a free ride.
The telecom industry's position is very simple: Pay for what you use. If you use a lot, you pay a lot. If you use a little, pay a little. If you don't use it at all, don't pay anything.
With the democrats' version of Net Neutrality, every private citizen will pay more so that some giant bandwidth users can have free bandwidth. The result will be far higher rates than you have ever paid before.
Remember what happened the last time congress got into the cable TV industry to make it "fair" for everyone? The average rate for cable almost doubled. Why? Because congress has never seen a tax it didn't like and business always passes the tax on to the consumer.
After all, someone has to pay. Why not just pay for what you use? By the way, when was the last time a telecom giant blocked the internet? Never, unless that user didn't pay their bill.
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Joe Public said it well: