Save the Internet
Yes, save the internet. It's that dire. I've done my part. Have you? No excuses; they've made it easy.
Please pass the word along and use this link to take you into the heart of the battle to preserve the internet in its current iteration, the most elegant and appropriate model that I can think of.
Here is my letter to my representatives, a rather cheesy appeal to their patriotism if I do say so myself. :p
To whom it may concern:
I daily pray that my representatives possess a greater degree of probity and commitment to upholding democratic principles than their contemporaries. And though I continue to pray that this is the case, it would be imprudent to simply trust to my beliefs at such a pivotal juncture in the history of the Internet. Thus am I required to act.
As I am sure you are aware, legislation is currently being considered that could potentially curtail the so-called "network neutrality" that the Internet was built on and currently enjoys.
Though it seems self-evident to me the irrationality of putting our basic freedoms at the disposal of corporate entities whose first and foremost priorties are not our basic freedoms, it nonetheless bears repeating. And if there be any question that those basic freedoms extend to the domain of the Internet, let me assure you that they do.
I am rarely spurred to action. Numbness, disenchantment, ennui: it can easily seem that these are the sole stock and store of the electorate, of a people just waiting to be inspired.
And while I could easily take this opportunity to vent my frustration at the system that actually makes a restatement of core values or a desperate call to duty necessary at all, I would instead like to point out that you can prove me wrong. In fact, I challenge you to do so. Please act immediately to save the Internet.
In closing, I would like to leave it to those that have said it better:
Please pass the word along and use this link to take you into the heart of the battle to preserve the internet in its current iteration, the most elegant and appropriate model that I can think of.
Here is my letter to my representatives, a rather cheesy appeal to their patriotism if I do say so myself. :p
To whom it may concern:
I daily pray that my representatives possess a greater degree of probity and commitment to upholding democratic principles than their contemporaries. And though I continue to pray that this is the case, it would be imprudent to simply trust to my beliefs at such a pivotal juncture in the history of the Internet. Thus am I required to act.
As I am sure you are aware, legislation is currently being considered that could potentially curtail the so-called "network neutrality" that the Internet was built on and currently enjoys.
Though it seems self-evident to me the irrationality of putting our basic freedoms at the disposal of corporate entities whose first and foremost priorties are not our basic freedoms, it nonetheless bears repeating. And if there be any question that those basic freedoms extend to the domain of the Internet, let me assure you that they do.
I am rarely spurred to action. Numbness, disenchantment, ennui: it can easily seem that these are the sole stock and store of the electorate, of a people just waiting to be inspired.
And while I could easily take this opportunity to vent my frustration at the system that actually makes a restatement of core values or a desperate call to duty necessary at all, I would instead like to point out that you can prove me wrong. In fact, I challenge you to do so. Please act immediately to save the Internet.
In closing, I would like to leave it to those that have said it better:
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." -- Abraham Lincoln
posted by ruby maser at 6/04/2006 12:27:00 PM
3 Comments:
I must be wicked tired, I don't get it? I didn't follow your link though, so I'm a bad student.
I dig the new rude, the subtle blues. I see you've added Dooce. She rocks, doesn't she?
Anyway, you know you're one of my first blog-friends, don't you? I'm happy to see you around again!
Well, the powers that be are debating whether or not to allow telecom companies to essentially unlevel the playing field that the internet represents.
Right now the telecoms are not allowed to distinguish between the content that is being transmitted by their infrastructure. All forms of information are treated equally.
The telecoms want to charge more for faster content. If you are thinking, 'Wait. They already do that', I'm not referring to consumers. They also want to make the content providers pay more for the same services.
The telecoms, greedy bastards that they are, would love nothing more than to give priority in speed to companies that can afford to pay extra for the "privelege" to stream their content to you, the public.
What is to stop them from arbitrarily suppressing content they deem unworthy, unfit, threatening to them, you name it?
How do start-ups afford to reach the people that could recognize what might well be their superior product if they cannot afford to buy their way out of the "slow lane" that will be created.
How does the consumer benefit from the tiered system that now forces them to make choices merely on the basis of expediency? After all, consumers are fickle. If they must wait, they will go elsewhere.
All the power is concentrated in the wrong hands (i.e. the telecoms) for the wrong reasons (i.e profit). I hope to see it die in the firestorm of controversy it has unleashed.
But I go on... :)
Yes, indeed, dooce does rock.
Thanks for the vote of confidence on the new color scheme.
And, of course I'm glad to still be around. You are one of my first blogger buddies to, so that means a lot.
On an interesting sidenote, I just had to axe Jenzilla's link because she was no longer on the other end of it. :(
Oh yeah, I had to remove her link too. She's just not there. Who knows...
Now that I understand the news (thanks for reiterating it for me) I'm thinking OH NO THAT'S HORRIBLE.
I pay to have my photog site hosted, I bet that means I would have to pay more too, to have my photos load faster. That's dumb! I always agreed with it's your connection you pay for and the site holder's ability to use low-res images to have the best site experience.
Let me know if there's a petition and I'll sign it.
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