Caving on Net Neutrality

Dear Friends,

The internet has been abuzz lately about the Obama Administration caving into the large telecommunications companies on the issue of net neutrality.  I wrote posts on this issue on April 11 and 20.  The recent excitement is the result of a recent lawsuit that has been interpreted to say that the FCC cannot regulate the internet the way that it wants to.  However, that reading of the case has come under some criticism.  There are many people that believe that the Obama Administration has the ability to regulate the internet to maintain net neutrality but is about to cave on this very important issue.

If you want to read more about this issue, see here, here, here, or here.

Candidate Obama took a strong stand in favor of net neutrality.  Here is a report from October 2007 that starts as follows:

If elected president, Barack Obama plans to prioritize, well, barring broadband providers like AT&T and Comcast from prioritizing Internet content.
Affixing his signature to federal Net neutrality rules would be high on the list during his first year in the Oval Office, the junior senator from Illinois said during an interactive forum Monday afternoon with the popular contender put on by MTV and MySpace at Coe College in Iowa.

We need to hold President Obama accountable for his campaign promises.  Please contact him here.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal