Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Anybody know what this person is talking about?

["Diana Hargus" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Since Ebay has a lot of members and since they sent this to every member, I 
am guessing that quite a few individuals received this email.  I know I had 
to resond to at leasdt 15 emails from friends today saying that this hasd to 
be a hoax and that the government would never sell the people out like 
that..
They are referring to this email about Net Neutraity from Ebay:
     Net Neutrality and the eBay Community: A Call to Action


     Dear               ,

     As you know, I almost never reach out to you personally with a request 
to get involved in a debate in the U.S. Congress. However, today I feel I 
must.

     Right now, the telephone and cable companies in control of Internet 
access are trying to use their enormous political muscle to dramatically 
change the Internet. It might be hard to believe, but lawmakers in 
Washington are seriously debating whether consumers should be free to use 
the Internet as they want in the future.

     Join me by clicking here --  
http://www.ebaymainstreet.com/netneutrality -- to send a message to your 
representatives in Congress.

     The phone and cable companies now control more than 95% of all 
Internet access. These large corporations are spending millions of dollars 
to promote legislation that would allow them to divide the Internet into a 
two-tiered system.

     The top tier would be a "Pay-to-Play" high-speed toll-road restricted 
to only the largest companies that can afford to pay high fees for 
preferential access to the Net.

     The bottom tier -- the slow lane -- would be what is left for everyone 
else. If the fast lane is the information "super-highway," the slow lane 
will operate more like a dirt road.

     Today's Internet is an incredible open marketplace for goods, 
services, information and ideas. We can't give that up. A two-lane system 
will restrict innovation because start-ups and small companies -- the 
companies that can't afford the high fees -- will be unable to succeed, and 
we'll lose out on the jobs, creativity and inspiration that come with them.

     The power belongs with Internet users, not the big phone and cable 
companies. Let's use that power to send as many messages as possible to our 
elected officials in Washington. Please join me by clicking here right now 
to send a message to your representatives in Congress before it is too late. 
You can make the difference.

     Thank you for reading this note. I hope you'll make your voice heard 
today.

     Sincerely,

     Meg Whitman
     President and CEO
     eBay Inc.

     P.S. If you have any questions about this issue, please contact us at 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: "MLUG Off-Topic Discussion" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:48 AM
Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Anybody know what this person is talking about?


> I got this post on another email list I hang out on today:
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> I recently received an email from ebay. It was in reference to the new 
> legislation that would give to the phone companies the ability to charge 
> fees to the Internet and also change the free domain that now, supposedly, 
> exists on the internet, so to speak,. I am very angry that the present 
> American government wants to give more money to the rich phone 
> conglomerates. <snip rant>
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> I asked for clarification, but I thought I'd ask here too.   Does anyone 
> know what this person is talking about?  I really doubt they have been 
> sent an email from eBay, and suspect that if there is some sort of 
> legislation, that they are completely misunderstanding it's implications. 
> I've seen some very disturbing things make it through congress recently on 
> similar topics, but nothing like this.  This sounds like the same old hoax 
> garbage that's been floating around since the mid 90s.  Wasn't there 
> federal legislation up until 98 that prevented anything of the sort that 
> was then extended?
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> My bad memory.  *sigh*
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> Anyways.  Thoughts?
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