[TriLUG] OT: TWC pushing anti-consumer broadband bill

[Neil L. Little]

No problems here when "signing" the petition.
As we use to say in the telco world ... Trouble leaving fine from here.

73,
Neil, WA4AZL


gigaFusion at earthlink.net wrote:
> Nice try, but the reply came back:
>
> "503 Service Unavailable
> No server is available to handle this request."
>
> ... and it is unclear to me what might happen to my e-vote if I try to 
> re-send.
> Certainly, I will be required to re-fill the form.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
> 919 (dot) 789 (dot) 1224
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> lower rate than other folks? Warren Buffet hints that the
> only thing the Rich still need is... to be asked to shoulder
> their full responsibilities and pay their fair share of taxes.
> They won't volunteer to give it. The People ARE ASKING!
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Turner" <jmarkturner at gmail.com>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:31 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT: TWC pushing anti-consumer broadband bill
>
>
>> Just when you thought your broadband future was safe, Time Warner Cable
>> is back and pushing its anti-consumer broadband bill through the North
>> Carolina General Assembly.
>>
>> This year's bill, H129/S87, will block cities from providing their
> (snip)
>> This bill will also kill any chances that Google will build a fiber
>> network anywhere in North Carolina, by the way.
>>
>> If you'd like to do something about this sorry state of affairs, you can
>> sign the online petition: 
>> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ncbetterbroadband/
> (snip)