Join the Fight for Internet Freedom
SAVE THE INTERNET
Do you want AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to be
allowed to decide what you do and where you go online?
No? Then call your Senators right now at:
202-224-3121
Just say your state and they’ll connect you (or visit www.savetheinternet.com/=act)
Tell your Senators to support the Snowe-Dorgan
“Internet Freedom Preservation Act” (S 2917)
Visit SavetheInternet.com to learn more
On June 8, 2006, the U.S. House of Representatives
failed to protect Net Neutrality, but the Senate is yet
to act. The New York Times explains what’s at stake:
“Net neutrality” is a concept that is still unfamiliar to
most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic . . .
One of the Internet’s great strengths is that a single
blogger or a small political group can inexpensively
create a Web page that is just as accessible to the world
as Microsoft's home page. But this democratic Internet
would be in danger if the companies that deliver
Internet service changed the rules so that Web sites that
pay them money would be easily accessible, while littleguy
sites would be harder to access and slower to
navigate. Providers could also block access to sites they
do not like.
Without Network Neutrality, companies like AT&T,
Verizon and Comcast could:
• Charge you extra for using certain Instant
Messaging software.
• Make sites like Google, eBay or Facebook pay a
tax to work properly on your computer.
• Prevent you from accessing the iTunes Store,
while making their own higher-priced music
service easy to access.
• Charge bloggers skyrocketing costs to post video
and audio clips.
• Slow down online political organizations they
don’t like or that don’t pay them protection
money for faster service.
• Crush economic innovation — relegating the
little guy with the next big idea to the “slow lane” of
the information superhighway.
JOIN THE FIGHT FOR INTERNET FREEDOM.
CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY.
