(Must get this off chest).... Unless Obama walks his talk on Net Neutrality, he is a Phony

[MADem]

153. All the vote did was open the topic for DEBATE. Nothing more.

Sure, average citizens CAN keep up an endless battle for months and months. And the more they do, the more they can make elected officials realize that they mean business.

We, The People are not helpless. We can stand up and speak out, and we should.


When I write to my two Senators and my representative, I get a personal reply back. I don't write for stupid stuff, I am not a crank who writes all the time, and I'm not a big money donor. But I know my voice is heard when I express a POV shortly before a vote.

As for "the vote," all that vote did was say "Let's all talk about this issue--for the next four months."

This isn't close to a done deal: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/technology/fcc-road-map-to-net-neutrality.html

F.C.C. Backs Opening Net Neutrality Rules for Debate

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators appear to share one view about so-called net neutrality: It is a good thing.

But defining net neutrality? That is where things get messy.

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to open for public debate new rules meant to guarantee an open Internet. Before the plan becomes final, though, the chairman of the commission, Tom Wheeler, will need to convince his colleagues and an array of powerful lobbying groups that the plan follows the principle of net neutrality, the idea that all content running through the Internet’s pipes is treated equally.

While the rules are meant to prevent Internet providers from knowingly slowing data, they would allow content providers to pay for a guaranteed fast lane of service. Some opponents of the plan, those considered net neutrality purists, argue that allowing some content to be sent along a fast lane would essentially discriminate against other content. ......The three Democratic commissioners on the five-member panel, including Mr. Wheeler, voted in favor of opening the plan to public comment. The plan will be open for comment for four months, beginning immediately.

The two Republican members, who voted against the plan, said that it exceeded the agency’s legal authority, that there had been no evidence of actual harm or deviation from net neutrality principles and that elected members of Congress should decide the issue, not regulatory appointees.

I would URGE you, strongly, to make your voice heard in the Public Comment phase and encourage others to do the same. Read the proposal and put down in writing what aspects are unsatisfactory. The deal is NOT done at this point in time, just make sure you're certain of what you want and how you want this matter decided.