<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Karr, FreePress.net</b> <<a href="mailto:list@freepress.net">list@freepress.net</a>><br>Date: May 29, 2007 10:00 AM
<br>Subject: The New Internet Revolution: How We Can Win<br>To: <a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br><br></span>
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<p>Dear Media Reformer,</p>
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<p><a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/ldMOYv91Na7a/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><b>Tell the
FCC:<br>Save Our Public Airwaves</b></a>
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<p>The FCC is on the verge of turning over a large
chunk of the public airwaves to the same giant phone and cable
companies that control high-speed Internet access for more than
96 percent of connected American homes.
</p><p>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.
</p><p>Don't let the FCC give away our wireless
Internet to these price-gouging giants. <b>The FCC deadline is
fast approaching. Act now:</b>
</p><p align="center"><b><a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/ldMOYv91Na7a/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Tell the FCC: Use
Our Airwaves for the Public Good</a></b>
</p><p>Broadcast television channels will soon vacate
these airwaves when they go digital by 2009. If used right,
these public airways will 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.
</p><p>Phone and cable lobbyists are pressuring the FCC
to sell companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast our airwaves so
they can horde spectrum and stifle competitive and cheaper
alternatives to their established networks.
</p><p>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.
</p><p>These phone and cable giants refuse to open
their networks to competitive applications and services. They
lobby Washington to stifle new innovations like Internet phone
service and to destroy Net Neutrality, the one principle that
protects equal opportunity and free choice on the Web.
</p><p>We need to end their stranglehold and demand a
better Internet for everyone:
</p><p align="center"><b><a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/ldMOYv91Na7a/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Tell the FCC:
Keep the New Internet Open to All</a></b>
</p><p>With open networks, the rest of the world has
rapidly adopted high-speed, Internet platforms for education,
economic innovation, creativity and civic participation.
Countries like South Korea, Japan, France and Canada have
leapfrogged the United States and now offer faster Internet
connections at far lower prices.
</p><p>It's time we caught up.
</p><p>Act now and help clear the path for a technology
that will deliver faster, more open and affordable Internet for
everyone.
</p><p>Thank you,
</p><p>Timothy Karr<br>
Campaign Director<br>
Free Press<br>
<a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/o1MOYv91MQmV/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.freepress.net</a>
</p><p>1. Most people haven't heard about this issue
yet. It's really important that we spread the word and get
people involved. After you send your comment to the FCC, <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/l7MOYv91Na7z/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tell at
least five friends</a> to take action.
</p><p>2. For more information about what's at stake
with our public airwaves, read these recent articles in <i><a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/0dMOYv91Na7_/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Wired
Magazine</a></i>, the <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/odMOYv91MQmC/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><i>Los Angeles
Times</i></a>, <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/01MOYv91Na7L/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><i>Forbes
Magazine</i></a> and <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/l1MOYv91Na7q/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">MyDD</a>.
</p><p>3. To learn more about the public interest and
the public airwaves, visit the "Save Our Spectrum" site, <a href="http://action.freepress.net/ct/opMOYv91Na71/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.freepress.net/spectrum/
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