Comments on: Stevens Vows To Move Telecom Bill After Election http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: UnCommon Sense TV Media » Beware Telco Astroturf Groups & Disinformation Campaigns With State Video Franchising http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-12856 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:05:50 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-12856 [...] As for comments placed by agents of these astroturf groups, regular readers here at USTV know that we have run into this phenomenon on more than one occasion, including here, as well as these rather silly postings here and here. [...] […] As for comments placed by agents of these astroturf groups, regular readers here at USTV know that we have run into this phenomenon on more than one occasion, including here, as well as these rather silly postings here and here. […]

]]> by: Andy http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-7638 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:25:37 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-7638 Looks like the astroturf spammers are at it again. Another note, right on cue, from one of the paid trollers out spreading disinformation to try to counter the ever-growing popular support for net neutrality. I've commented on this kind of nonsense before, as evidenced by <b><a href="http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/09/10/a-serious-threat-to-internet-freedom/#comments" rel="nofollow">this</a></b> past USTV posting, so no need to repeat some of the points made on this issue. Suffice to say, this person's moniker is appropriate. "Hands off" is indeed what they want. They want <i>your</i> hands off the internet, and their single, corporate gatekeeping hand on it, to 'protect consumers' - <i>their</i> consumers, the same way a mafia don protects his consumers. By making sure they remain <i>his</i> consumers, and only his consumers. The money shot line of this hack's missive has got to be the silliness about leaving the destiny of how the internet works to 'the experts', and not the legislative branch of government which is ostensibly there to represent the people. "Hi, we're from the government and we know better." The 'experts.' Jeesh. Whatever happened to "We The People" deciding what we want and how we want our society to operate and for whom? But don't you understand? Democracy is much too precious and important to be left up to mere people to handle for themselves. Looks like the astroturf spammers are at it again. Another note, right on cue, from one of the paid trollers out spreading disinformation to try to counter the ever-growing popular support for net neutrality.

I’ve commented on this kind of nonsense before, as evidenced by this past USTV posting, so no need to repeat some of the points made on this issue.

Suffice to say, this person’s moniker is appropriate. “Hands off” is indeed what they want. They want your hands off the internet, and their single, corporate gatekeeping hand on it, to ‘protect consumers’ - their consumers, the same way a mafia don protects his consumers. By making sure they remain his consumers, and only his consumers.

The money shot line of this hack’s missive has got to be the silliness about leaving the destiny of how the internet works to ‘the experts’, and not the legislative branch of government which is ostensibly there to represent the people. “Hi, we’re from the government and we know better.” The ‘experts.’ Jeesh. Whatever happened to “We The People” deciding what we want and how we want our society to operate and for whom? But don’t you understand? Democracy is much too precious and important to be left up to mere people to handle for themselves.

]]> by: HandsOffPlease http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-7629 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:13:32 +0000 http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2006/10/04/stevens-vows-to-move-telecom-bill-after-election/#comment-7629 Stevens wants the telecom bill passed but without net neutrality provisions, which are keeping this bill - a bill that will create more choice and protections for consumers - from reaching the floor. Net neutrality should be left to the experts within the FCC and FTC, not in the hands of legislators. (This is also the position of the Chair of the FTC.) I work with Hands Off The Internet Coalition where we believe so called net neutrality will discourage broadband investment and therefore hurt innovation in the fast-moving internet world. Stevens wants the telecom bill passed but without net neutrality provisions, which are keeping this bill - a bill that will create more choice and protections for consumers - from reaching the floor.

Net neutrality should be left to the experts within the FCC and FTC, not in the hands of legislators. (This is also the position of the Chair of the FTC.) I work with Hands Off The Internet Coalition where we believe so called net neutrality will discourage broadband investment and therefore hurt innovation in the fast-moving internet world.

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