save the internet

[firsty]

(go to moveon.org for phone numbers)

It's time. Next week, the full House of Representatives votes on whether to protect Internet freedom. Your representative, Joseph Pitts, needs to hear solid constituent support for protecting Net Neutrality—the Internet's First Amendment.

Here's an important detail. Next week, House members will be voting on a larger law governing our nation's communication policy—and the current version of this bill guts Net Neutrality. So every representative needs to hear in no uncertain terms that either this horrible bill gets changed on the House floor to protect Internet freedom, or it should be voted against.

Some tips when calling:

1) If the staffer is making a tally of constituent calls, make sure they have a category specifically for "Vote no on the COPE telecom law if it doesn't protect Net Neutrality." Otherwise, your representative may get a diluted message and miss the point.

2) If they ask for more details, you can urge your representative to support the bipartisan Sensenbrenner-Conyers Net Neutrality amendment (HR 5417) which passed the House Judiciary Committee last week with a powerful 20-13 biparttisan majority. And if that fails, they should vote against the entire bill.

3) If you get a voicemail option, leave a message. They will get it.

Thanks for helping to save the Internet.

–Eli Pariser, Adam Green, Noah T. Winer, and the MoveOn.org Civic Action team
Thursday, June 1st, 2006

P.S. Here are two informative videos about this Net Neutrality issue.

YouTube video—tollbooths on the information super-highway
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1838&id=7867- ... k1mXXg&t=4

Moby speaks out on Net Neutrality
http://www.savetheinternet.com/moby