FYI.<br><br>-Tom Johnson<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Roger Helbig</b> <<a href="mailto:rhelbig@california.com">rhelbig@california.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:26 PM<br>Subject: [IRE-L] FW: Delayed and or blocked emails<br>To: <a href="mailto:IRE-L@po.missouri.edu">IRE-L@po.missouri.edu</a><br><br><br>The following is really disturbing. I have made a number of complaints<br>
because mail to my Comcast friends is undeliverable. I did not realize that<br>
it has been a deliberate Comcast strategy to extort payment from competiting<br>
ISPs. I just want to let all of you who are not Comcast subscribers and<br>
even those of you who may be that Comcast needs to be stopped and I intend<br>
to spread this as far as possible.<br>
<br>
Roger Helbig<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: CaliforniaCom Staff [mailto:<a href="mailto:info@california.com">info@california.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:15 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:alldomains@california.com">alldomains@california.com</a><br>
Subject: Delayed and or blocked emails<br>
<br>
<br>
CaliforniaCom / <a href="http://SFO.COM" target="_blank">SFO.COM</a> Members:<br>
<br>
We have been in contact with Comcast for months now trying<br>
to resolve the delaying and blocking of emails. We<br>
have also sent out several mass emails explaining what the<br>
problem is. Here is a past link sent with some info.<br>
<a href="http://www.comcastblacklist.com" target="_blank">http://www.comcastblacklist.com</a><br>
Or you can do a google search for " Net Neutrality"<br>
<br>
Below email is the latest we received on the FCC / Comcast<br>
hearings.<br>
<br>
We will continue to follow up each week to try and get this<br>
resolved. It appears unless the FCC or courts force Comcast<br>
to be regulated like other Internet companies, They will be<br>
putting other ISP's out of business or force them to pay to<br>
let others email their clients.<br>
<br>
Google won a suit already and forced Comcast to unblock<br>
their emails coming in. So you can setup a free email acct.<br>
through <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a> and be able to get emails through to<br>
Comcast members. A large number of emails and or too large<br>
size of emails will still get you personally blocked<br>
though.<br>
<br>
Wish we had betters news. Below is an email from an<br>
Organization trying to help stop The Internet being taken<br>
over by Comcast, Verizon and AT&T.<br>
<br>
A new bill has been introduced in U.S. House that would<br>
stop Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from controlling what you<br>
do, and where you go online.<br>
<br>
Inorder to stop Internet blocking and censorship once and<br>
for all. Please take the time to fill out the information<br>
below and push submit, this will automatically send it to<br>
your members of Congress.<br>
<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=241" target="_blank">http://free.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=241</a><br>
<br>
Thanks for your continued support.<br>
CaliforniaCom Inc. / SFO.com Staff<br>
<br>
Email From:<br>
<a href="http://freepress.net/SavetheInternet.com" target="_blank">http://freepress.net/<br>
SavetheInternet.com</a> Just when you thought they couldn't<br>
stoop any lower,<br>
Comcast stole your seat! Now we need your help to fight<br>
back.<br>
<br>
As you know, at an FCC hearing in Cambridge last Monday<br>
designed to get to the bottom of Comcast's Internet<br>
blocking, Comcast had the audacity to flood the meeting<br>
room with paid seat-fillers -- shutting out more than 100<br>
people who took time off from work and school to be there.<br>
<br>
Why would Comcast stack the room? To prevent real people --<br>
like you and me -- from attending the hearing and raising<br>
our voices about Comcast's outrageous actions.<br>
<br>
This is just one more reason why we must restore Net<br>
Neutrality as the law of the land. And why<br>
SavetheInternet.com (the coalition organized by Free Press<br>
to fight for an open Internet)<br>
<br>
Support the SavetheInternet.com Coalition<br>
<br>
Comcast is the nation's largest cable TV operator and<br>
second-largest Internet service provider. They're one of a<br>
small handful of would-be Internet "gatekeepers" who have<br>
the potential to radically redefine what the Internet<br>
means.<br>
<br>
They want to transform the Internet from a free and open<br>
frontier into a tightly restricted corporate profit stream.<br>
We can't let them succeed.<br>
<br>
But we need your help to fight for the public interest at<br>
the FCC and in Congress against the mega-companies like<br>
Comcast who are already spending millions of dollars on<br>
lobbyists and fake grassroots groups to defeat us.<br>
<br>
SavetheInternet.com won't stoop to pay "seat fillers" to<br>
stack the deck at FCC hearings.<br>
<br>
But with your contribution we can organize Internet users<br>
into a powerful, vocal force; provide expert research and<br>
testimony to Congress and the FCC; expose the bad acts of<br>
companies like Comcast; and make sure the public hears<br>
about what these companies are doing.<br>
<br>
We Need Your Help. Support SavetheInternet.com Today.<br>
<br>
Comcast has billions. We have you. The Internet won't stay<br>
open for long if people like us don't take action to defend<br>
it.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Josh Silver<br>
Executive Director<br>
Free Press<br>
<a href="http://freepress.net/SavetheInternet.com" target="_blank">http://freepress.net/<br>
SavetheInternet.com</a><br>
<br>
P.S. Watch this video of the Comcast seat-fillers on<br>
Monday. They didn't know why they were occupying seats at<br>
an FCC hearing. They just knew that a big company was<br>
paying them to do it. Now that you know the truth, help<br>
SavetheInternet.com fight back.<br>
<br>
<br>
Take action on this important campaign at:<br>
<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=241" target="_blank">http://free.convio.net/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=241</a><br>
<br>
Tell your friends about this campaign at:<br>
<a href="http://free.convio.net/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1161" target="_blank">http://free.convio.net/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1161</a><br>
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