[TriLUG] Net Neutrality again...

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

I agree that this should be opposed.  It is obvious that the Till-hole
is bowing to his corporate pimps, just like other politicians have done
on this issue (thinking of that piece of garbage bought by TWC that
"outlawed" the municipal broadband option).

Once upon a time, I read that one service that the politicos do
actually pay attention to is popvox.com.  Here is a link to the page on
S.993: https://www.popvox.com/us/federal/bills/115/s993

You can mark it as oppose or approve (hopefully you oppose it) and even
leave comments as to why.

On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 12:53 -0400, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
> 
> All of this was done over the objections of the 2 Republican FCC
> members
> Ajit Pai and Michael O'Reilly, who said something about freedom,
> investment, innovation, and using the 70 yr. old Telecommunications
> Act to
> regulate modern broadband.
> 
> Well now Ajit Pai is FCC Chairman, and is hell-bent on overturning
> the
> Title II reclassification and the Net Neutrality rules despite
> millions of
> comments disagreeing with him.
> 
> Mr. Pai argues that this is a job for the FTC (which is ridiculous),
> or for
> Congress (which is perfectly reasonable).
> 
> Our own Senator Thom Tillis is now a Co-sponsor of the "Restoring
> Internet
> Freedom Act"
> https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/993
> 
> This act would overturn the FCC's Title II reclassification of ISPs
> *and
> prohibit the FCC from ever making such a ruling in the future.*
> 
> Notably, it does nothing to address Net Neutrality, so it is
> effectively a
> repeal of Net Neutrality.
> 
> I don't know who the Act restores freedom for, but it appears to be
> for the
> ISPs.
> 
> This legislation should be opposed in the STRONGEST POSSIBLE MANNER.
> 
> Net Neutrality ensures the freedom of *the very Internet itself.*
> 
> Write him a real letter.  If he continues to be recalcitrant, *run
> against
> him.*
> 
> I'm sick and tired of Congressional Acts whose titles are the *exact
> opposite* of what they actually do.
> 
> This is not political, this is just opposition to ignorance and
> stupidity,
> or worse, malicious corruption and malfeasance.
> 
> -Wes
> 
> _________________________________
> Wesley S. Garrison
> Network Engineer
> Xitech Communications, Inc.
> phone:  (919) 260-0803
> fax:       (919) 932-5051
> __________________________________
> "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from email."
> 
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Pete Soper via TriLUG <trilug at trilug
> .org>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Here's the first hit when I searched, so we can become a more
> > informed
> > electorate:
> > 
> > https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/24/15685414/net-neutrality-f
> > cc-nprm-explained
> > 
> > -Pete
> > 
> > 
> > On 09/07/2017 12:23 PM, Brian via TriLUG wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > As I understand it, Net Neutrality is on the books, and this is
> > > an
> > > attempt to keep it from being repealed by the new administration.
> > > 
> > > On 09/07/2017 12:16 PM, John Vaughters via TriLUG wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > So is there a new push for net neutrality? or is this just to
> > > > try to get
> > > > it going again?
> > > > 
> > > >      On Thursday, September 7, 2017, 12:02:49 PM EDT, Brian via
> > > > TriLUG <
> > > > trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >   Hi Folks,
> > > > 
> > > > I don't know if others of you subscribe to FreePress.net, but I
> > > > managed
> > > > to wind up subscribed, probably by way of submitting a form to
> > > > send a
> > > > letter to my senator.  Senator Thom Tills is against net
> > > > neutrality, by
> > > > the way; if you are a North Carolina resident, please consider
> > > > contacting his office to (politely) express your opposition.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway, I recently got a note from FreePress.net mentioning
> > > > organizing
> > > > in-district drop-ins, and wondered who in the TriLUG community
> > > > might
> > > > like to get involved to express their support for net
> > > > neutrality in the
> > > > form of a short face-to-face with congressional staff in a
> > > > local
> > > > district office.
> > > > 
> > > > Here's the link to a little info and a form to sign up as the
> > > > organizer
> > > > of a drop-in event.
> > > > 
> > > > https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/sign-up-host-team-intern
> > > > et/?source=freepress
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > -Brian Henning
> > > > 
> > > > 
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