Jeff Chester
Jeff Chester
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Members from both sides of the aisle endorsed a plan which will permit cable and phone companies to construct 'pay as you surf, pay as you post' toll booths for the Internet.
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Instead of the Internet reflecting what the federal courts not long ago called 'the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed,' it's now threatened to be reduced to what AT&T called its private pipes.
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For consumers in states like Michigan, you'll have fewer companies offering fewer services and you'll see rates for phone, video and the Internet continue to creep up. In the absence of strong regulation and safeguards this is a bad deal for competition and consumers.
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Our communications system, and our democracy, is at a crossroads.
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It's about having a virtual, electronic toll booth to constantly charge you extra for things we get today for a fair and flat rate.