[Boatanchors] Internet taxes and regulation

[Raymond Cote]

Perhaps because we are ON THE INTERNET and it involved all of us. It should be on every single list because we could all loose out. 

My 2cents


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Harlan Ellison

Raymond Cote
KD9CCZ



> On Feb 11, 2015, at 18:01, Dennis DuVall <duvallddennis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Wheeler wants to end net neutrality and authorize cable and phone companies to discriminate among websites and charge Web giants for "fast lanes" while keeping the rest of us in a slow lane,  his propaganda pieces listed below notwithstanding.
> For more see: <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/05/fcc_chairman_tom_wheeler_s_lame_excuses_for_his_net_neutrality_proposal.html>
> 
> What is this doing on this forum in any case?
> 
> Dennis DuVall, W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
> 
> *****************
> 
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Jim Wiley wrote:
>> 
>> List members -
>> 
>> Sent with list owners permission.  (I asked first)
>> 
>> Warning:  Your government (yeah,  mine too) is getting set to give you the shaft, again.  And I don't mean the one connected to a volume control or tuning knob.
>> 
>> Perhaps you are saying "so what?"   Why could I possibly I care about this?   I guarantee you that this is NOT a political diatribe designed to favor one party or another - it affects all of us.
>> 
>> Please go to the links below for a series of PDF documents to read that give all of us warning of the current administrations plans to regulate the Internet. This is another "We have to pass the bill before we can see what is in the bill" moment.
>> 
>> FCC Commissioners Pai and O'Reilly, among others, are a couple of the voices we as citizens have (at the FCC) who actually make some sense. Believe it or not, the FCC does actually try to look out for us - or at least some of the commissioners do.
>> 
>> Please -  Add any comments you think are pertinent, and forward this message (or write your own version) and send it to your state and federal Senators, Congressmen, and friends. Wehave an opportunityto quash this idiot plan before it gets "roots", but we need to act.
>> 
>> 
>> Here are a few documents from various FCC commissionersthat will open your eyes.
>> 
>> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0206/DOC-331907A1.pdf
>> 
>> The above message came out about a week ago.  It was followed today by these:
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>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-331958A1.pdf
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>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-331957A1.pdf
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>> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-331986A1.pdf
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>> 
>> 
>> - Jim Wiley, KL7CC
>> 
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