[CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: COMSLIST Fwd: Tell CRTC to Save Our Net!

[Hugh McGuire]

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>> From: "Campaign for Democratic Media" <webmaster at campaign.ca>
>> Date: November 11, 2008 5:51:09 PM EST (CA)
>> To: "Mél Hogan" <info at melhogan.com>
>> Subject: Tell CRTC to Save Our Net!
>> Reply-To: notice-reply-xnbgkukr17ttxjb8 at unionvoice.org
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>> Hello Mél,
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>> Say NO to Corporate Control
>> of Canadians’ internet!
>>
>> In the coming days the federal communications regulator will issue  
>> a landmark ruling that has huge implications for Canadians’ access  
>> to the Internet. The CRTC decision will determine whether Bell and  
>> other big telecoms can continue to “throttle” Internet service.
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>> The commissioners have already twice delayed releasing their  
>> ruling, suggesting that they are struggling to make a decision. We  
>> need to make it very clear to the CRTC which side the Canadian  
>> public is on.
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>> Please take a few seconds to tell the CRTC to stop Internet  
>> throttling. Your voice could be the deciding factor!
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>> Until recently, Canada's Internet was an open network – a level  
>> playing field for free speech and innovation. All that is now  
>> threatened by a handful of corporations that want to control a  
>> “gatekeeper network” in which they decide what content and services  
>> get the fastest access to our homes.
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>> These companies have been caught:
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>> • throttling or slowing Internet traffic to businesses and  
>> consumers; • blocking access to websites that criticized them; •  
>> crippling consumer devices and applications.
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>> The upcoming CRTC decision will have major and long-lasting  
>> implications for our Internet. Our online level playing field of  
>> innovation and free speech hangs in the balance.
>>
>> Please Take Action and invite your fellow Canadians to do the same!
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>> We rely on your donations to continue our work. Please consider  
>> becoming a supporter of the SaveOurNet coalition. If you sign up  
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>> year subscription to Briarpatch Magazine! A one-time donation is  
>> fine, too. Whether it's a little or a lot, it all adds up. So  
>> please, DONATE NOW.
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>> Send a letter to the following decision maker:
>> CRTC Chairman Konrad von Finckenstein
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>> Below is the sample letter:
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>> Subject: CRTC must Save Our Net!
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>> Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
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>> I submit that the CRTC should order Bell to stop its Internet  
>> traffic-shaping practices.
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>> We rely on the CRTC, as the federal communications regulator, to  
>> act in the public interest, which in this case means ensuring we  
>> have an open and neutral Internet.
>>
>> Corporations like Bell and Rogers must not be allowed to control  
>> our access to the Web or degrade the quality of service we pay to  
>> receive from our internet service providers.
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>> Please protect Canada's level playing field for free speech and  
>> innovation by ordering Bell to cease and desist its “throttling”  
>> practices.
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>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Mél Hogan
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>> cc:
>> Campaign for Democratic Media
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>> Take Action!
>> Instructions:
>> Click here to take action on this issue
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>> What’s At Stake:
>> Corporations trying to control the Internet
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>> LEARN more about Net Neutrality
>> Join the STOP THE THROTTLER facebook group
>> Bell The Throttler Video
>> READ Wayne MacPhail’s column in Rabble
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>> Please help us keep the Internet Open - become a supporter
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>> Campaign Expiration Date:
>> November 30, 2008
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