Fwd: FW: We're Almost There: 250,000 Comments to the FCC

[Maryland Media Collective]

Hey everyone,

While you're out in the sun, here's something to ponder over the internet you're using:

Imagine using the internet without a cable modem or telephone wire.
This could be the case UNLESS the FCC listens to AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast on an upcoming decision to determine what to do with some newly freed "spectrum" for broadcasting.

Television will be digital by 2009 and all the old airwaves could be used for the internet, making it much more faster and efficient than before.

The goal is to file at least a quarter-million comments with the FCC before the window closes on Monday.  And we've almost got that many.

So take just 5 minutes to read up on it and file a comment...and tell some others.

savetheinternet.com/airwaves

~Christian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christian Melendez <rustyc...@hotmail.com>
Date: Jun 2, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: FW: We're Almost There: 250,000 Comments to the FCC
To: MD.MediaC...@gmail.com




>From: "Tim Karr, FreePress.net" <li...@freepress.net >
>Reply-To: notice-reply-8...@ga-mail.action.freepress.net
>To: "Christian Melendez" < rustyc...@hotmail.com>
>Subject: We're Almost There: 250,000 Comments to the FCC
>Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:35:24 GMT
>
>Dear Christian,
>
>Let's keep it up! In less than three days, we've submitted an
>amazing 239,000 comments to the FCC urging them to open our
>airwaves for a better Internet.
>
>The FCC deadline for public comments ends on Monday, June 4.
>Phone and cable giants are lobbying the FCC to hand control of
>these airwaves to them. We need to get more than 250,000
>comments to the FCC. You can help put the public's interests
>before those of corporate gatekeepers by taking action:
>
>Act Now: Save Our Public Airwaves:
>www.savetheinternet.com/airwaves
>
>If used right, this public "spectrum" could revolutionize the
>Internet in America. Its wireless signal passes through concrete
>buildings and over mountains; it can connect tens of million of
>Americans who are being passed over by Internet providers like
>AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
>
>Broadcast television channels will soon vacate these airwaves
>when they go digital by 2009. These public airwaves would
>revolutionize the ways we connect to laptops, cell phones, PDAs,
>music players and other mobile Internet devices. They can
>deliver an open Internet into your house without the need for a
>telephone wire or cable modem.
>
>Phone and cable lobbyists are pressuring the FCC to hand over
>this spectrum to companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Their
>plan is to horde this valuable public assert and stifle
>competitive and cheaper alternatives to their established
>networks.
>
>This would be a disaster. After years of phone and cable company
>control over Internet access, the United States has fallen to
>16th in the world in high-speed Internet rankings, with few
>choices and some of the highest prices for the slowest speeds in
>the world. We will continue this decline as long as we let AT&T,
>Verizon and Comcast dictate the terms of Internet access for the
>majority of Americans.
>
>Help us end their stranglehold and demand a better Internet for
>everyone:
>
>Act Now: Keep the New Internet Open to All:
> www.savetheinternet.com/airwaves
>
>More than a quarter million comments to the FCC is an incredible
>accomplishment that cannot be ignored. Act now and help clear
>the path for a technology that will connect more Americans to a
>faster, more open and affordable Internet.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Timothy Karr
>Campaign Director
>Free Press
>www.freepress.net
> www.savetheinternet.com
>
>1. This is urgent. After taking action, please tell five friends
>to contact the FCC today:
>www.savetheinternet.com/tellafriend.php?id=52
>
>2. Want to do more? Write a letter to the editor to help raise
>awareness about this important campaign:
>http://action.freepress.net/campaign/spectrum_lte/8wwiugk2vtknbnm ?
>
>3. For more information about what's at stake with our public
>airwaves, read these recent articles in MediaCitizen
>( mediacitizen.blogspot.com/2007/05/internet-revolution-is-in-air.html),
>Wired Magazine
>(www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/05/uhf_spectrum ), the Los
>Angeles Times (www.freepress.net/news/22400), Forbes Magazine
>(www.timwu.org/log/archives/134 ) and MyDD
>(www.mydd.com/story/2007/5/22/223953/273).
>
>4. To learn more about the public interest and the public
>airwaves, visit the "Save Our Spectrum" site,
>www.freepress.net/spectrum/
>
>5. Support efforts to save the Internet by contributing to the
>Action Fund today:
> https://secure.freepress.net/05/net_neutrality/nA7slSvp1q4Ks?
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