Hi ozbargainers, if you had a spare $$, would you pay that to help guarantee a free and neutral internet for everyone (including the poor who don't have a voice). It is so important. I just gave $25 to Mozilla and this mob.
http://demandprogress.org/?akid=2866.3091089._5DJ1b
It's for our kids, who haven't got a say as well. Please pass it on to anyone who values the internet. A little bit from a lot of people goes a long way…. This is a serious issue of the interests of the rich versus the rest. If we lose, the speeds of the net will only be fast for people paying top dollar, and a lot of fun sites will be shut down…
Here's a letter I wrote to the FCC about it, here: http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?a…
Dear Mr Wheeler,
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen. I am very concerned about lobbyists creating disparities on the internet, between the haves and have nots. One of my great concerns is for our great country's future. We have been the most innovative and productive country throughout history. Open dialectics; idea sharing; and discourse; conducted anywhere that free speech was possible has been a key driver of that innovation. It is where our country has forged the solutions to new problems, with new thinking.
The internet provides an even greater platform for free speech, and therefore, innovation. It allows all people, with all of their own idiosyncratic ideas, to come together in ways never seen before. The US, and indeed, the world faces new problems which demand the best of all of us. Our species survival depends on new thinking-new ideas.
Everyone, even the cash-blinded lobbyists, need the best ideas to solve our big problems, NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM! Please vote to keep our internet free from the big corporations cash-hungry jaws.
To whoever disagrees (on the poll), would you mind explaining your position. I would really like to understand any other position out there. It seems so cut and dried, to me. But, I have a lot of respect for this community-it's collective intelligence and knowledge base. Please explain a differing point of view. I want to make the best choice on this matter. Thanks (to the person who has disagreed).