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The following are the latest developments in the realm of proposed legislation in the "net neutrality" issue...
With Congress still dispersed for its August recess, advocates of Net neutrality laws this week took to knocking on office doors of US senators in 25 cities -- From Seattle to Denver to Montpelier, Vt., small groups of citizens, small businesses, nonprofits and individuals allied with the "Save the Internet" coalition staged rallies on Wednesday and Thursday. CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
cities nationwide, delivering SavetheInternet petitions to their senators and urging them to oppose the phone and cable company attempt to gut Net Neutrality
Digital Divide Network - Newton,MA,USA
The Senate is expected to vote on a net-neutrality proposal in the coming weeks, said Leslie Weise, a spokeswoman for SaveTheInternet.com. (Picture) Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
with more than 16,000 Colorado signatures to Sen. Ken Salazar's office Wednesday, urging the senator to defend "Net neutrality.". Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Groups trying to preserve equal access to the Internet for all converged on Sen. James Jeffords' office on Thursday to urge him to support the principle of "net neutrality." Jeffords' office issued a statement saying he already does, WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
by Bob Hague. Business people delivered petitions to Senator Herb Kohl's Madison office on Thursday, asking for his vote to protect net neutrality. Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison,WI,USA
With both sides in the net neutrality debate predicting catastrophic consequences if their opponents prevail, any real world evidence of what a non-neutral net. A reader who is a Comcast broadband customer had a disturbing experience recently. "I'm at a total loss about how to handle this situation," the reader wrote. "An e-mail to me from a friend got bounced apparently by Comcast. He resent it to my G-Mail account so I could see it. It said that his message was "Blocked for abuse. Please send blacklist removal requests to blacklist_comcastnet@cable.comcast.com' among other stuff. So apparently there exists a Comcast blacklist that I cannot control that stops e-mails and that requires my correspondents to ask to be permitted to send me messages." InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Qwest Communications chief Dick Notebaert said Wednesday the issue of ensuring equal, open access to the Internet is "really silly" and could wind up costing consumers more money. Notebaert, in an interview with The Associated Press, said he believes "net neutrality" would stifle competition. He said it was akin to telling FedEx it could not provide overnight service if UPS didn't. Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA
Aplus.Net, an Internet solutions provider, today announced that it's 'net neutrality' provisions to current US legislation regulating telecommunications. WebHosting.Info - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Net Neutrality movement is gaining support among US senators. All 26 of the senators who've made a stance against Net Neutrality are Republican. WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
Net-neutrality supporters bombarded Senators with petitions. Both phone and cable providers and associations bombarded users with ads. BroadbandReports.com - New York,NY,USA
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said Tuesday that the issue of net neutrality may well kill his communications bill. He said the controversy "may well lead to its total defeat after 19 months" of work, he said during a renomination hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. IBC News (press release) - Newport Beach,CA,USA
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