Tag Archives: net neutrality

Watching Tea Partiers Make Laws

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Viewing the results of elections versus what the polls tell us what Americans want, an observer has to wonder if voters are in some kind of a stupor when elections come around. While pollsters find time after time that Americans … Continue reading →

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Killing Internet Neutrality: Republicans Go On The Attack

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Here we go again. After a long delay and much hemming and hawing, it was beginning to look like FCC Chair Tom Wheeler was about to the right thing and propose new FCC rules for internet neutrality. One of the … Continue reading →

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FCC Chair Tom Wheeler: Redefining Broadband Will Help 53 Million Rural Americans

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Trish Nelson

fastcompany.com/fcc-signals-intent-on-net-neutrality-decision-redefines-broadband After months of hemming and hawing, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler indicated yesterday that he would advocate a net neutrality policy compatible with President Obama’s vision for treating the Internet as a public utility and prohibit Internet service … Continue reading →

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Still Time To Comment On Net Neutrality

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Trish Nelson

“There have been more comments on this issue than any other issue in the history of the FCC.”  –Tim Karr, FreePress.net.  Click on the link  to comment.

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The President Comes Out Swinging Today For Net Neutrality

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Read President Obama’s statement today on Net Neutrality:  (scroll down to watch video) An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting … Continue reading →

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Next On The Horizon

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Just to remind you that the Republican Destruction Machine never sleeps: ALEC will be meeting in Washington DC, December 3rd to 5th. The order of business will be to tell Republican state legislators what they (the legislators) will be doing. … Continue reading →

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President Obama Reaffirms Commitment To Net Neutrality

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Last week President Obama reiterated his “unequivocal support for net neutrality” because he does not want to “limit the power of the Internet.” The President said he can’t just call up FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and tell him what to … Continue reading →

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Sports And Net Neutrality

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Paul Deaton

“Fast lanes would serve only one purpose,” said Michael J. Mellis of MLB (Major League Baseball) Advanced Media LP in a public comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding net neutrality. “For Broadband ISPs to receive an economic windfall.” … Continue reading →

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Newton Daily News Editor Fired For “Being Christian”

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Ran across this story Thursday. A portion is reprinted here. The whole story plus other links are at the link.This story has a lot of twists and looks to me like one that may well wend its way to the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget! Email, Call Or Write The FCC!

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Time is getting short and the consequences are severe. Your comment may be the one that persuades the former lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, Tom Wheeler, that there is a crucial need for an open, neutral internet as a bedrock … Continue reading →

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