<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>As all wait to hear from the FCC on its highly controversial 'net neutrality' announcements today,</div><div>here's a brief statement from NM Senator Tom Udall.</div><div>RL</div><div><br></div><p><a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/udall-no-internet-toll-road/131145">http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/udall-no-internet-toll-road/131145</a> </p><p>Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has told the FCC that allowing "toll lanes"
on the Internet could "drastically change it," and not for the good.</p><p>"I urge the FCC to use its authority to preserve standards that allow
the Web to continue to be a platform for free expression, to promote
innovation, and help online entrepreneurs compete on a level playing
field with established companies," he said in a statement in advance of
the FCC's May 15 vote on proposed new Open Internet rules.</p><p>Udall was a sponsor of legislation <a href="http://www.tomudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1539">proposed last year</a>
to restore the old Open Internet rules after a D.C. Federal Court
invalidated the no-blocking and no unreasonable discrimination rules.</p><p>"I'm working in the Senate to encourage investments in broadband
infrastructure so that people living in rural New Mexico are not stuck
in an Internet 'slow lane.' But allowing new 'toll lanes' on the Web
could drastically change the Internet as we know it," he said. He also
said he had heard from hundreds of constituents who want the Internet to
be an open, fair forum.</p><div><br></div><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>---------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director</div><div>1st-Mile Institute <a href="http://www.1st-mile.org">www.1st-mile.org</a> </div><div>P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504</div><div>505-603-5200 <a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org">rl@1st-mile.org</a></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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