Help Keep the Internet Free

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Help Keep the Internet Free

 

http://www.truemajorityaction.org/

 

TrueMajorityACTION

Congress is selling out the Internet

 

Since you're a TrueMajorityACTION member, you obviously know

about the citizen-empowering benefits the Internet has brought with it

– an explosion of independent media, quick communication to our

elected leaders, powerful new ways for regular people to participate

in election campaigns. All that didn't happen by accident. It was the

result of policy choices which put openness and public good ahead of

corporate profit.

 

That's all about to change.

Congress is about to sell out the Internet by letting big

phone and cable companies set up toll booths along the information

superhighway. Companies like AT & T, Verizon and Comcast are spending

tens of millions in Washington to kill " network neutrality " -- a

principle that keeps the Internet open to all.

 

The issue moving quickly through Congress would let these

companies become Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go

fast or slow -- and which won't load at all -- based on who pays them

more. The rest of us will be detoured to the " slow lane " , clicking

furiously and waiting for our favorite sites to download.

 

Don't let Congress ruin the Internet:

Tell Congress to Save Net Neutrality Now. To send your message

to your representative, click " Reply " and " Send " . If you'd like to

edit the letter to your representative or were forwarded this message,

visit the following site to take action:

 

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/save_internet

The best ideas never come from those with the deepest pockets.

If the phone and cable companies get their way, the free and open

Internet could soon be fenced in by large corporations. If Congress

turns the Internet over to giants like AT & T, everyone who uses the

Internet will suffer.

 

Here are more details on the Net Neutrality issue.

http://action.truemajority.org/ct/hdAi47s1gzWV/

 

Signatory,

 

Matt Holland

TrueMajorityACTION Online Director

 

Here's the message we'll send to your member of Congress:

Congress must preserve a free and open Internet. Please vote

for enforceable network neutrality and keep tollbooths, gatekeepers,

and discrimination off my Internet.

 

Forward this message widely or visit the web address below to

tell your friends about this.

 

Tell-a-Friend!

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/save_internet/forward/w3iu6n82h5b3deb?

 

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up

for TrueMajorityACTION.

http://action.truemajority.org/truemajorityaction/join.html?r=odAi47s1yRfUE &

 

 

Contribute

If you like what you see, please click here to contribute.

....and keep these messages going to more people!

https://secure.truemajority.org/03/TMAdonation/nodAi47s1yRfU?

 

TrueMajorityACTION.org is a grassroots group of citizens who

believe in America's true values of openness, fairness and compassion.

We believe participating in an effective government is the best way to

be mutually responsible for our community.

 

TrueMajorityACTION.org, 191 Bank Street, Third Floor,

Burlington, VT 05401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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