IAHF List:

If we fail to mount proper countering force to the lobbying of the
giant telecommunications companies currently trying to shake down
website owners in an effort to force us to pay through the nose so
that our websites can open as fast as whoever can afford to pay their
planned extorsionistic rates, the internet as we know it will be
destroyed.

Imagine how angry you would feel if the IAHF website and your other
most favorite websites took 5 minutes or more to open, then moved as
slowly as molasses when you tried going to them (even if you have a
Broad Band Connection), and only the sites owned by the major
corporations opened quickly!!

Wouldn't you feel angry? I know I would! This is a serious form of
CENSORSHIP every bit as bad as what they're doing in CHINA!!

Could the internet as we know it actually be DESTROYED by ATT,
Comcast, Verizon, etc......

You BETTER BELIEVE IT COULD BE!! A debate is raging over this in
congress RIGHT NOW! See http://www.savetheinternet.com/ and see the
link in the mssg below via which you can donate to a full page ad in
the NY Times intended to rally the public to contact Congress over
this issue- I just donated to it and hope you will to because
together we CAN keep the internet from being destroyed- our health
freedom mission DEMANDS that we join this very broad emerging
coalition of people from all sides of the political spectrum.

Dear MoveOn member,

We never thought we'd see the day, but it's come: we're working
together with the Christian Coalition. You read that right-the
Christian Coalition has joined everyone from Google to MoveOn to the
Gun Owners of America in the fight for Internet freedom. The momentum
is on our side.

Internet companies like AT&T have been trying to win this fight by
telling Republicans in Congress this is just a left-wing issue. But
MoveOn and the Christian Coalition have designed a full-page New York
Times ad to expose the truth: people across the spectrum are united
behind Internet freedom! If we get that message out, we win.

The ad will cost $70,000 to run. If 2,000 people give $35 each, we'll
be there. Plus, every dollar you give will be matched by a generous
bequest.

Can you contribute to run an Internet freedom ad with the improbable
pairing of MoveOn and the Christian Coalition? Click here to see the
ad and make a donation:

https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/save_the_internet.html?id=7778-
1507801-B8_XSIG.pU97ppBF9TScMA&t=3

This ad will make a big splash in Congress, with the public, and in
the news. We'll share the cost of the ad with our partners, and any
funds raised above our share will help support the organizing costs
of MoveOn's Internet freedom campaign.

Last year, we received a very humbling gift: a MoveOn member named us
in her will for over half a million dollars. This money is set up as
a matching fund for critically important initiatives like this one.
Every dollar you give today will bring in a dollar from this bequest,
up to $100,000.

Everyone knows we deeply disagree with the Christian Coalition on
many issues. It's safe to say the same is true for them. But we can
agree on preserving the Internet as a venue for democratic
participation, economic innovation, and free speech.1 The only
serious opposition to Internet freedom comes from AT&T and other
Internet operators who are spending millions lobbying Congress for
more control over what we see and do online.

To win this fight, we need to show Congress the huge public backlash
they will face if they sell out the Internet. The pairing of MoveOn
and the Christian Coalition is unheard of, and it's sure to get
Congress' attention.

Help run this attention-getting ad featuring MoveOn and the Christian
Coalition. You can make a contribution at:

https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/save_the_internet.html?id=7778-
1507801-B8_XSIG.pU97ppBF9TScMA&t=4


Internet users of all political stripes are fighting back together.
The SavetheInternet.com Coalition-led by Free Press-includes the
Christian Coalition, MoveOn, Gun Owners of America, the ACLU, Craig
from Craigslist, Free Press, small businesses, consumer advocates,
Internet advocates, musicians such as Moby, R.E.M., Q-Tip, The Roots,
Trent Reznor of NIN, the Indigo Girls, and the Dixie Chicks, and over
700 other organizations from around the country.




Also supporting Net Neutrality are high-tech pioneers like Google,
Amazon, and eBay, as well as "fathers of the Internet" Vint Cerf and
Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of the www). We're part of something
huge.



Thank you for all you do.

-Eli Pariser, Adam Green, Noah T. Winer, and the MoveOn.org Civic
Action team
Thursday, May 25th, 2006

P.S. You can find out more about naming MoveOn as a beneficiary in
your will by clicking here:

http://civic.moveon.org/bequest/?id=7778-1507801-
B8_XSIG.pU97ppBF9TScMA&t=5

Source:
1. "Christian Coalition Announces Support for 'Net Neutrality' to
Prevent Giant Phone and Cable Companies From Discriminating Against
Web Sites," Christian Coalition, May 17, 2006
http://www.cc.org/content.cfm?id=329

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