Representatives destroying the Internet

Verizon, Bell South, AT&T and the other telecommunications giants including Time Warner are lobbying Congress to block laws that would prevent a two-tiered Internet, with a fast lane for Web sites able to afford it and a slow lane for everyone else.

Specifically, such companies want to charge Web sites for the speedy delivery of streaming video, television, movies and other high-bandwidth data to their customers. If they get their way (Congress may vote on the matter before the year is out), the days of wide-open cyberspace are numbered.

During an April 26 Committee meeting, the following US Representatives voted against Rep. Ed Markey's Amendment containing enforceable Net Neutrality provisions.

Barton, Joe (R-TX)
Bass II, Charles F. (R-NH)
Bilirakis, Michael (R-FL)
Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Bono, Mary Whitaker (R-CA)
Burgess, Michael (R-TX)
Buyer, Stephen E. (R-IN)
Cubin, Barbara (R-WY)
Deal, Nathan (R-GA)
Ferguson, Michael A. (R-NJ)
Gillmor, Paul E. (R-OH)
Gonzalez, Charles A. (D-TX)
Green, Gene (D-TX)
Hall, Ralph M. (R-TX)
Murphy, Tim (R-PA)
Myrick, Sue (R-NC)
Norwood, Charlie (R-GA)
Otter, C.L. (Butch) (R-ID)
Pickering, Charles W. (R-MS)
Pitts, Joseph R. (R-PA)
Radanovich, George P. (R-CA)
Rogers, Michael J. (R-MI)
Rush, Bobby L. (D-IL)
Shadegg, John B. (R-AZ)
Shimkus, John (R-IL)
Stearns, Cliff (R-FL)
Sullivan, John (R-OK)
Terry, Lee (R-NE)
Towns, Edolphus (D-NY)
Upton, Fred (R-MI)
Walden, Greg (R-OR)
Whitfield, Edward (R-KY)
Wynn, Albert R. (D-MD)

As Internet users, we should avoid supporting these US Representatives. Please forward this message: it is very important.

Sincerely,
Steve Pariso

Posted on May 26, 2006 03:48 PM