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Raise your hand if you've contacted your elected representative regarding ISPs becoming Common Carriers. (Full disclosure, I'm not an American and thus have li
by click170 12y ago
Raise your hand if you've contacted your elected representative regarding ISPs becoming Common Carriers.
(Full disclosure, I'm not an American and thus have little to no say regrading American ISPs, but I advocate for this in my home country.)
/me largely expects crickets in response.
Unfortunately I think we just aren't pissed off enough about this as a group yet, evidenced by the lack of action from us and from legislators.
- bicknergseng 12y agoRaise your hand if your elected representative has any idea what having ISPs become Common Carriers means or entails. Keep your hand up if 10% of your district also knows. Keep your hand up if you (and your district collectively) can out lobby Comcast, TWC, ATT, Verizon, etc. I don't know that it's that people aren't pissed off, its probably more that the people who are pissed off are uninformed, will not become informed easily, and will not organize as easily as already well organized and very well funded corporations, lobbyists, and PACs.