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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This
article appeared in my eWeek news feed today: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1955700,00.asp?kc=ewnws050106dtx1k0000599">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1955700,00.asp?kc=ewnws050106dtx1k0000599</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
bottom line on it is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Internet
providers like AT&T and Verizon are lobbying Congress hard to reduce or eliminate
Network Neutrality. This means that certain content will be given priority over
other content based on a quality of service premium paid to the network
operators. This means that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A VPN you might be using from home
to connect to work might not work nearly as well, if you don’t pay a VPN
usage fee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A video you download will be choppy
unless you pay for the “enhanced streaming” option. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Websites and companies that deliver
VPN, Video, Search, and Music services will also have to pay more for the
“right” to deliver them to you in an unaffected manner. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Source code or binary files might be
harder to download without a “downloaders fee”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bittorrent or other P2P network
usage will require the “file sharing” option<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:3.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Think cell phone or long distance pricing is
complicated? Well, it may soon be that your internet connection has as many
pricing levels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
you think the internet should remain Neutral with respect to the content
carried upon it, then Click here:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet">http://www.civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet</a></span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A
list of all the ways you might be affected by Net Neutrality is located on the
bottom of this link:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://civic.moveon.org/alerts/savetheinternet.html">http://civic.moveon.org/alerts/savetheinternet.html</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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