Pro Net Neutrality: Other Voices

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Senate Chair Takes on FTC in Net Neutrality Fight

September 12, 2007 - link >>

Chloe Albanesius, PC Mag

A Senate subcommittee chairman tangled with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, calling into question the agency’s hands-off approach to Internet regulation.

“We’re headed toward a circumstance where big providers that have a lot of muscle … will set up different lanes and freeways” over the Internet and provide quicker download times or site access for those willing to pay for it, said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-S.D., chairman of the Senate interstate commerce, trade and tourism subcommittee. 

Google boss: Keep Net ‘free, open’

August 22, 2007 - link >>

Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News

ASPEN - Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt on Tuesday urged that the Internet remain an open platform, saying it’s good for the world as well as for Google.

“We need to keep it free and open - if it goes the other way we’ve got a serious problem,” Schmidt told more than 175 attendees at the Aspen Summit, an annual communications and technology conference sponsored by the Progress & Freedom Foundation. The foundation is a Washington, D.C., think tank that espouses free-market principles. 

Copowi.com - The First ISP to Guarantee Net Neutrality

June 21, 2007 - link >>

Copowi.com

Glendale, CA, June 20, 2007 --(PR.com)-- A new Internet Service Provider, Copowi.com, was launched today explicitly guaranteeing to keep the Internet open and fair, in line with the requirements of net neutrality.

“The Internet is one of the greatest advances in humanity, we cannot afford to let it slip through our fingers and become a controlled and managed medium like cable TV,” says Chris Ellis, co-founder of Copowi.

The term net neutrality has come into prominence over the last two years and refers to the concern about network owners and operators taking control of their Internet traffic for commercial reasons.

Tech Leaders Tell Congress: Net Neutrality Fuels Innovation

May 14, 2007 - link >>

Save The Internet, Mediachannel.org

Chad Hurley, chief executive and co-founder of YouTube, went to Washington this week to testify on behalf of an open Internet. Hurley told members of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet that a non-discriminatory Internet was the key to the success of YouTube and other Web innovations.

Because of an open Internet YouTube was able to solve people’s problems with creating and sharing online video, he said.

“We were able to develop a service that was able to compete with [others] in the market. And because of that we have been able to provide a service that has been helpful for people and able to spur innovation in the video market online.”

Sen. Dorgan Praises Net Neutrality Coalition

April 26, 2007 - link >>

Webpronews.com

Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) criticized both AT&T head Ed Whitacre and Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) for their efforts against Network Neutrality protections during a conference call with reporters today, as the SaveTheInternet.com coalition celebrated its first anniversary.

Dorgan cited Stevens’ role in stonewalling a vote on the issue on the Senate floor last summer, and Whitacre’s expressed intent to develop a tiered Internet.

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