Network Neutrality... Save the Internet!

Don't let this issue slip by you. Network Neutrality is very important for the democratic potential of information.  Go to Save the Internet to do something about it. We all should be concerned and we should all be involved in saving the internet.  Here is an article there on network neutrality and  the proposed legislation, the Communications Opportunity, Promotions and Enhancement Act of 2006 (COPE). It quotes a Columbia law professor Tim Wu (author of Who Controls the Internet).  If you need to learn about it, go read about it.  Here is how netizens are becoming netsphere activitsts on the issue: Kos.

Ben Franklin helped the first newspapers to be sent through the mail for free. Online information and media are good for the democracy because they are bottom-up and participatory. Save the Internet.

Update 4/27 p.m.:  I have just returned from hearing Dan Gillmor speak at Columbia University's Hearst Annual New Media Lecture (he is the  Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence).  Gillmore is a big supporter of network neutrality and pulled up the latest figures of congressional figures for and against the issue.  "If you think media conglomeration so far is a problem, just wait until the telephone and cable companies get their way with this one," he said, adding that innovation happens "at the edges" and without permission.   

J.D. Lasica was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered on the subject and talks more about it on his blog in his post Preserving the Internet for All and has additional links.