[TriLUG] Google opposes anti-municipal Internet bill - and your help needed!

Kevin Flanagan kevin at flanagannc.net
Tue May 5 19:45:53 EDT 2009


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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Mark Turner <jmarkturner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Late last night Google, Intel, and several other major players announced
> their formal opposition to H. 1252, the "Time Warner Cable Protection Act,"
> ...err, the "Level Playing Field Act."
>
>
> http://www.markturner.net/2009/05/05/google-and-other-heavyweights-oppose-h1252/
>
> I'm happy to see my fellow TriLUG netizens fired up about this. I've been
> deeply involved with it since I got wind of it and have been to every public
> committee meeting.
>
> The bill goes before the House Public Utilities Committee tomorrow morning.
> If you'd like to keep Time Warner Cable, Embarq and the rest from blocking
> public investment in the Internet (including our share of $4 billion of
> federal broadband stimulus funds), please CALL the committee members on this
> list and urge them to oppose H.1252.
>
>
> http://www.markturner.net/2009/04/27/please-call-the-house-public-utilities-committee/
>
> Note: When calling representatives or their legislative assistants, please
> be polite and civil. They've gotten an earful on this issue already (yay!),
> so save the speech and instead be brief. Simply express your opposition to
> the bill and urge the representative to do the same.
>
> Now, get going! :)
> --
> Mark Turner
> www.markturner.net
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