Last updated: March 4, 2008 - 12:20pm
IN BOSTON: A SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE INTERNET
[SOURCE: The Huffington Post, AUTHOR: Timothy Karr, Free Press]
[Commentary] Something may have been lost in this week's brief media frenzy over "seat-gate" -- the much discussed incident where Comcast hired people off the street to keep out the public from Monday's FCC hearing in Boston. But while Comcast's seat-warmers slept, a collection of Cambridge scholars, Internet advocates, industry leaders, engineers and policymakers nearly all agreed that Internet blocking has serious consequences for each and every one of us. On Capitol Hill, Congressmen Ed Markey and Chip Pickering have introduced the bipartisan "Internet Freedom Preservation Act" (HR 5353) that would establish Net Neutrality protections for the next generation of Internet networks. Supporting this bill is a good place to start.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/in-boston-a-shot-heard-_b_89142.html
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