I'm on the mailing list for business owners interested in preserving net neutrality. Following is a letter sent to Chairman Sensenbrenner, for your information. I'm also working on getting an interview with a VP from Amazon.com about this issue. Stay tuned.
May 24, 2006
The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Sensenbrenner:
We would like to thank you, Ranking Member Conyers, and the Members of the Judiciary Committee for your recognition of the importance of Net Neutrality for the protection of American consumers, competition and our global competitiveness. H.R. 5417, “The Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006” addresses the need for meaningful and enforceable Net Neutrality legislation to ensure that the Internet continues as a vital force of innovation and economic benefit for all Americans.
We are a broad and diverse group of Internet companies, public interest organizations, innovators and entrepreneurs, trade associations, consumer groups, individual content providers, and family groups who make our livelihoods on the Internet and depend on its open architecture to innovate, create and evolve the Internet for the future. We strongly believe that your Committee has a clear obligation to protect the original and fundamental laws that govern the Internet. These principles, embodied in the historic legal framework that today is known as Net Neutrality, have been present from the Internet’s inception, and have benefited all of us until very recently when the Federal Communications Commission acted to eliminate them for the first time in the Internet’s history. As a result, Congress must act to reinstate this framework to prevent discriminatory behavior on the Internet, maintain consumer safeguards against monopolistic practices and preserve an innovative spirit of competition that has kept America as the leader in the global marketplace.
We greatly appreciate the Committee’s actions in the interests of the millions of Internet users who depend upon the open Internet. The Committee has played a long, historical role in ensuring that our nation’s communications policies preserve the competitive telecommunications landscape and we hope that legacy will continue as Congress protects the Internet with meaningful Net Neutrality legislation.
Sincerely,
Acopia Networks
Adaptive Marketing LLC
Adobe
Advancedmultimedia.com
Aegon Direct Marketing Services, Inc.
Airespring
Amazon.com
American Association of Libraries
AnalogZone
AngleBeds.com
Ask.com
Association of Research Libraries
Awow Communications
Bandwidth.com
Bloglines
Borsetti & Co.
Business Software Alliance
CALTEL
Cendant
Chemistry.com
Christian Coalition
CinemaNow
Circumedia LLC
CitySearch
CommPartners Holding Company
COMPTEL
Comunicano, Inc.
Consumer Federation of America
Consumers Union
Corliant
Cornerstone Brands, Inc.
Dagdamor Media
Data Foundry
Dave Pettito Direct
DiMA
Domania
Downstream
Dreamsleep.com
Dresses.com
EarthLink
eBay
eBrands Commerce Group
Economics & Technology, Inc.
Educause
Elaine P. Dine
Electronic Retailing Association
Entertainment Publications
Evite.com
Excite
Expedia
Free Press
Free World Dialup
GetSmart
Gifts.com
GotVoice, Inc.
Graceline Canada
Hawthorne Direct
Home Shopping Network
Hotels.com
Hotwire
HSE24
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Iceland Health Inc.
iFreedom Communications
iNest
InPulse Response
INS
Intel
Interactive Travel Services Association
InterMetro
Internet2
Interval International
Intervox.com
IntraISP
Invens Capital
Isen.com, LLC
IVR Technologies
iWon
J. Arnold & Associates
JohnnyZip
Lafayette Group, Inc.
LendingTree
Lingo, Inc.
Listyourself.net
Livemercial
Match.com
McFadden Associates
MCM Telecom
Media Access Project
Media Partners Worldwide
Mercury Media
Merrick Group
Microcom
Miller & Van Eaton
National Retail Federation
Nationalblinds.com
NetCoalition
Objectworld
Pac-West
PointOne
PRC
Primus Telecommunications
Product Partners LLC
Public Knowledge
Pulver.com
RealEstate.com
ReserveAmerica
Rifftone.com
S & B Technical Products
Savatar
Savvier
ServiceMagic
Shelcomm
Shoebuy.com
Skype
Sling Media Inc.
SOHOlutions
Sonus Capital Management
Sony Electronics Inc.
SunRocket
Symantec
Symercy Financial Corp.
Techviser
Telekom Austria
Telephia
TELLO
Ticketmaster
Tier1Research
TiVO
TNS
Tonystickets.com
Tranquilitymattress.com
Travelocity
udate.com
VI Technologies
Vivox
WCW Networks
Yahoo!
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