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BILL MOYERS: THE NET AT RISK - EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY
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24 September: EXCELLENT, BRANDNEW YOUTUBE VIDEO:
A Letter from Our Representative on Net Neutrality
This video consists of a letter from Missouri Representative Joann Emerson in response to my wife's letter supporting net neutrality. Rep Emerson explains why she opposed the Markey Ammendment for Net Neutrality and the video includes my response to her letter.
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UPDATE 14 SEPTEMBER: Ted Kennedy sends video message in support of Net Neutrality!
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NEW (added 1 September) !!! Videos of protests which happened during the last days and were organised by the "www.savetheinternet.com" coalition. Those videos are posted on Youtube! For example from New York and Baltimore. Watch:
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THIS IS A GREAT, NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NET NEUTRALITY AND INTERNET FREEDOM - LOTS OF RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IN HERE. THE FILM IS SPLIT IN TWO PARTS.
I like for example: Watching movies (Godard, Bunuel, Documentaries, etc. etc.), taking photographs, making video films, green tea, brown rice, sitting in front of my laptap all night (dammit, sun is coming out already...), comedy, all kinds of music, sometimes sport, Thai Chi, Chinese Philosophy.
BREAKING NEWS ON NET NEUTRALITY (UPDATED CONSTANTLY):
1 February: Net Neutrality: Senate vs. FCC
31 January: Net Neutrality, broadband taxes and local government internet services are on top of US House agenda for 2007
2 January: Net Neutrality Push expected to resume in Congress
29 December: AT&T / BellSouth Merger Approved - Concessions made towards Net Neutrality
27 October: Ninjas, Nerds and Net Neutrality
19 October: REVIEW: Bill Moyers - The Net at Risk (see my blog!)
18 October: Congress Must Keep Broadband Competition Alive
18 October: Oregon speaks out for Net Neutrality
17 October: Against an Imperial Internet
17 October: AT&T’s Promises to FCC Are Full of Holes
16 October: Joe Liebermann Sells Out the Internet
16 October: AT&T-BellSouth Merger Approval Delayed
14 October: FCC Postpones AT&T Vote to Review Proposals
12 October: Merger AT&T and Bell South: Narrowing the Net
11 October: Merger AT&T and Bell South is bringing Net Neutrality back in the discussion
9 October: FCC: AT&T Now Guards the Cheese
3 October: Congress adjourns with tech bills unfinished
2 October: savetheinternet.com has prevented the Telecom Bill from passing until now, but danger lurks during "lame-duck" session
+EXCELLENT ARTICLE+ 2 October: The Internet slayers: savetheinternet.com / grass-root group has outgunned telecom lobbyists
29 September: Local businesses support Net Neutrality
28 September: The FCC Scandal
28 September: Exposed: Reason for "digital decline" in the USA is the market control by a few companies (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast)
27 September: Interview with New York Times: Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of World Wide Web, speaks out for Net Neutrality
26 September: FCC to vote soon on "Monstermerger" between AT&T and Bell South
23 September: FCC Chairman approves merger between AT&T and Bell South with no conditions
20 September: Net Neutrality opponents try to manipulate Senators
18 September: Politicians battle over Net Neutrality
14 September: U.S. mainstream media neglects Net Neutrality issue
13 September: Why the U.S. is a broadband ghetto
13 September: American Electronics Association supports Net Neutrality
13 September: Bill Moyers will investigate Net Neutrality in documentary on 18 October
13 September: Battle about Net Neutrality in the Senate is about to heat up
12 September: Local Exchange Carriers around the world are trying to find ways to restrict Internet access
11 September: USA should follow other countries and make high-speed access widely available
8 September: The required 60 votes in the Senate to lift the hold of Senator Ron Wyden are not in sight
8 September: Phone and Cable Companies call Net Neutrality "silly" and "mumbo-jumbo"
8 September: Senators Dorgan and Snowe: Without Net Neutrality, the age of digital democracy could come to an end
6 September: Net Neutrality battle going into final stage
5 September: An Internet without Net Neutrality will seriously damage businesses
4 September: Just an example: Cablevision - The undeclared war on business users
31 August: Net Neutrality fans rally in 25 cities
30 August: Stanford Professor Lawrence Lessig urges Internet Users to fight for Net Neutrality
28 August: Verizon and Bell South charge unjustified DSL fees - consumer groups see this as a warning
25 August: FTC sceptical over Net Neutrality legislation
25 August: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold public hearings on "CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE NEXT TECH-ADE" from 6-8 November 2006 (including Internet issues)
25 August: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) forms an "Internet Access Task Force"
24 August: These are the "fake" grassroot-groups, which are financed by the Telecom-Industry
=== See also here: Fake grassroot-groups are using blogs to manipulate public opinion.
23 August: Merger between AT&T and Bell South creates broadband monopoly
===You find more info on the merger
here.22 August: Google strongly supports Net Neutrality
24 July: Critics of Net Neutrality are missing the point
21 July: The fight is not over yet: Net Neutrality advocates are putting pressure on lawmakers
19 July: Microsoft supports Net Neutrality
5 July: Senate Scorecard: AT&T 1, Google 0
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here.30 June: Opponents of Net Neutrality are using blatant lies and have set up "fake grassroots sites"
28 June: Senate Committee Narrowly Rejects Net Neutrality
26 June: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps: Net Neutrality is necessary - Competition is threatened (Video)
WHERE ARE WE NOW? CURRENT STATE OF LEGISLATION:
1. S.2686 the Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006
2. H. R. 5252 Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006
MORE LINKS ABOUT A FREE INTERNET AND NET NEUTRALITY:
WWW.SAVETHEINTERNET.COM
Letter written by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York
At Stake: The Internet as We Know It
Freedom of Internet is in real danger
Without Net Neutrality, the Internet will turn into cable TV
Several Net Neutrality Bills Introduced
===For an overview of the Net Neutrality Bills see also
here. Speech of Congressman Edward Markey: Introduction of the "Network Neutrality Act of 2006" on 2 May, 2006
U.S. House votes against Network Neutrality
Senator Ron Wyden explains his Net Neutrality Bill
Press conference with Senator Ron Wyden on his Net Neutrality Bill, 2 March 2006 (Audio)
The Net Neutrality Debate: You pay, you play?
Verizon wants to use 80% of the bandwith for its own services / Interesting fact: The Telco-Companies have an army of lobbyists in Washington and donate millions to Congress, Google (pro Net Neutrality) employed its first lobbyist last year...
=== For Verizons new plans see also
here.
=== For the plans of Bell South see
here.Beware of a Two-Lane Internet
Why we need Net Neutrality - Some facts
Video: AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre explaining why he is "not sure what Net Neutrality means" - BONUS MATERIAL: Best joke of all times
The power of AT&T is a huge danger for competition and consumer choice
Disney is against Net Neutrality
Freedom of Internet is essential for American democracy / Politicians often find the subject "too complex" / More lobbying PRO NET NEUTRALITY is needed
Tim Berners-Lee demands Net Neutrality
What the U.S. Press is saying about Net Neutrality
Summary of S. 2686 of the 'The Communications, Consumer’s Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006'
Summary of the COPE Bill
Analysis of the COPE Bill
