{"id":63,"date":"2006-06-03T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2006-06-03T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2006-06-18T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2006-06-18T23:04:32","slug":"save-the-internet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/?p=63","title":{"rendered":"SAVE THE INTERNET 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>An open post from Representative Zoe Lofgren who is on our side in the Net Neutrality debate in Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest post from Rep. Zoe Lofgren<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>May 26th, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 5417, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which I introduced with Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, Ranking Member John Conyers and Rep. Rick Boucher last week. This is the first bill with real protections for Net Neutrality that has passed any committee in Congress, and I am proud to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p><em>to continue, use the page links to the right<\/em><br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>The bill requires broadband providers to operate their networks in a non-discriminatory manner and makes sure that the phone and cable companies cannot favor or block access to the Web sites or online services that they pick instead of the consumer. It will keep the Internet an open and free marketplace of ideas and services chosen by consumers instead of big corporations. It will also guard against those who own \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the pipes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d gleaning profits by creating a virtual toll road.<\/p>\n<p>H.R. 5417 was introduced by a bipartisan coalition from the Judiciary Committee and passed out of the Committee by a vote of 20-13. Fourteen Democrats and six Republicans voted in favor of it, and 13 Republicans voted against it. One Democrat voted present.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet has revolutionized the way Americans communicate with one another and do business. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only right to keep that revolution where it belongs \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in the hands of Internet users instead of the phone and cable companies.<\/p>\n<p>The next hurdle for Net Neutrality is whether we will have a full vote on the House floor. If you care about the freedom that Net Neutrality protects, contact your Member of Congress and ask that H.R. 5417 be scheduled to come before the full House of Representatives as either a separate bill or an amendment. Urge them to vote for Net Neutrality protection!<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetheinternet.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.savetheinternet.com\/blog\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open post from Representative Zoe Lofgren who is on our side in the Net Neutrality debate in Congress. Guest post from Rep. Zoe Lofgren May 26th, 2006 Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 5417, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Internet Freedom and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/?p=63\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reflections.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}