[Hidden-tech] Network neutrality

[Tish Grier]

Hi everyone...

The changes that companies like AT&T propose re Net
Neutrality will definigley effect the little guy (and
I think most of us are little guys) disproportionately
in relation to big business...

Here's a good piece from the Wash Post that explains
what's going on:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/24/AR2006032400256.html

Along with MoveOn, y'all might want to regularly check
out what the Electronic Frontier Foundation is doing. 
They're an advocacy group that keeps watch on issues
pertaing to free speech and the internet.  They've got
some good information on the AOL "email
tax"--something that might effect how a number of you
do business or advise clients.  Their addy is

http://www.eff.org

I had the great opporunity to talk with one of EFF's
lawyers at a party when I went to SXSW Interactive
last month.  He told me about what the state of Texas
was doing regarding net neutrality.  The debates about
net neutrality are going on at the state level also. 
Anyone who does business over the 'net, or any kind,
should be keeping an eye on what their state govs are
up to as much as on federal legislation.

Take care all,
Tish Grier

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> Hi all,
> 	I'm not sure to what extent political discussions
> are allowed on this 
> list, but there's a political debate going on now
> that affects all of us 
> in the high tech community, so I thought I'd raise
> the issue here.
> 
> The following is an excerpt from a message I
> received from MoveOn.org:
> 
> "Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon are
> lobbying Congress hard to 
> gut Network Neutrality, the Internet's First
> Amendment. Net Neutrality 
> prevents AT&T from choosing which websites open most
> easily for you 
> based on which site pays AT&T more. Amazon doesn't
> have to outbid Barnes 
> & Noble for the right to open more properly on your
> computer."
> 
> There's a lot more to the message, but I'd just like
> to suggest that 
> people check out this issue on MOveOn's website and
> any others you rely 
> on for this kind of information. This sounds like
> something that could 
> really hurt small high-tech businesses, not to
> mention threatening our 
> freedom of information.   -Reva
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