[Libs-Or] Fwd: Not good enough

[Diedre Conkling]

This is Al Franken's letter about Netneutrality,

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Al Franken <no-reply at alfranken.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Subject: Not good enough
To: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>


  [image: Al Franken - U.S. Senator, Minnesota]

Dear Diedre,

If you saw my op-ed in the Huffington Post
yesterday<http://www.alfranken.com/page/m/6cf77c8/715282b4/3271785f/78164478/1909912171/VEsH/>,
you know how concerned I was about today's FCC meeting on net neutrality
(and, by the way, would you mind sharing it on
Twitter<http://www.alfranken.com/page/m/6cf77c8/715282b4/3271785f/7816447b/1909912171/VEsE/>and
Facebook<http://www.alfranken.com/page/m/6cf77c8/715282b4/3271785f/7816447a/1909912171/VEsF/>
?).

Chairman Genachowski's draft Order was worse than nothing--and we needed to
make sure the FCC didn't approve it today.

Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that, thanks to
Commissioners Copps and Clyburn--not to mention a nationwide network of net
neutrality activists like you--the proposal approved today is better than
the original. For instance, the FCC has now stated that it does not condone
discriminatory behavior by wireless companies like Verizon and AT&T--an
important piece that was missing from the first draft. We made a difference.

The bad news is that, while it's no longer worse than nothing, the Order
approved today is not nearly strong enough to protect consumers or preserve
the free and open Internet. And with so much at stake, I cannot support it.

I'm still very concerned that it includes almost nothing to protect net
neutrality for mobile broadband service--often the only choice for broadband
if you live in rural or otherwise underserved areas. And I'm particularly
disappointed that the FCC isn't specifically banning paid
prioritization--the creation of an Internet "fast lane" for corporations
that can afford to pay for it.

But here's the important thing to remember: This fight's not over. The FCC
must vigorously enforce these new regulations--and it must follow through on
addressing wireless discrimination going forward.

So what now? First, we need to work together to make sure the FCC keeps the
promises it made today--just as our movement was instrumental in improving
these regulations from the first draft, we'll be critical in ensuring that
the regulations are enforced vigorously.

And I'm going to keep working with net neutrality advocates to see if there
are legislative or administrative steps that can be taken to strengthen
these protections.

But, for today, know that the work we're doing to save the Internet is
making a difference. Today, the FCC took a small step forward--too small by
my estimation, but forward nonetheless.

Thanks for your support,

[image: Al]
Al
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www.AlFranken.com<http://www.alfranken.com/page/m/6cf77c8/715282b4/3271785f/7816447d/1909912171/VEsC/>

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