I stumbled on this statement from U.S. Senator Russ Feingold from the 6/12/06 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Net Neutrality (made me proud to be from Cheddarland). It inspired me to check in on the status. While the House passed COPE without meaningful Net Neutrality provisions and the Senate bill failed to pass the committee (by an 11-11 tie), the battle is far from over. According to SaveTheInternet.com, Feingold is currently one of 20 Senators on record as being “for” Net Neutrality legislation (based largely on the lack of competitive broadband market options). Only 12 have confirmed that they are “against” it and the stance of over 60 Senators is “unknown”. Most supporters of Net Neutrality hope that the Senator who is most vocal in his stance “against” Net Neutrality legislation will keep on voicing is opinions. Warning! It is painful, but it is important to compare the opinions of our elected Government officials. It is hard to say who is doing more FOR the Net Neutrality side – Feingold or Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. . . . Maybe you can send Senator Stevens an “Internet” with your thoughts. Score “1” for Wisconsin voters; “0” for the good people of Alaska.
p.s. Maybe Stevens thinks the Internet superhighway will cross his Bridge to Nowhere 🙂
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