The Internet Rip-Off of 2009.

[and-justice-for-all]

http://www.freepress.net/

Some people never give up.

Time Warner Cable is still trying to restrict Internet use and shamelessly overcharge people who use the Web every day.

But we've got a new bill in Congress and a plan to stop greedy phone and cable companies from padding their pockets by curbing our Internet use.

Time Warner Cable’s Internet overcharging scam came crashing down in April after tens of thousands of you protested the absurdly high fees. Time Warner Cable backed off. But the company didn't give up.

Instead, the cable giant quietly launched a customer "re-education" plan, hiring PR experts and launching phony front groups to mislead people into supporting excessive charges. Time Warner Cable also hides the fine print in their "terms of service" allowing the company to disconnect users on a whim.

Now, other phone and cable companies like Comcast and AT&T are weighing similar schemes to hike prices, shut down the free-flowing Web and keep users in check.

New York Rep. Eric Massa promised to introduce a bill to stop this excessive price-gouging. Today, Massa delivered: http://www.freepress.net/

Giant phone and cable companies see the free-flowing Internet -- with users watching YouTube videos, listening to music at Pandora and making phone calls with Skype -- as a threat to their local monopolies. They hate that we're taking control of our own media, and they want to go back to an era when media giants had control of the switch.

We have stopped the big cable and phone companies -- again and again -- by standing together to defend our right to an open, fast and affordable Internet. This bill is our bill: Support the Broadband Internet Fairness Act today.

Thank you.

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
www.freepress.net

Also: http://stopthecap.com/

[msongs]

1. internet should be a public utility with municipal systems, not from corporate whores nt

[madrchsod]

2. rochelle ,illinois has municipal internet and utilities.

the city is the largest(per capita) transportation,cold storage,and soon to be internet based companies center in northern illinois.

they were the first city in northern illinois to provide internet service. that investment was a very wise decision.

[Initech]

3. If Time Warner ever gets its way I'll cancel my subscription and go with Hughes Net.

DSL isn't an option where I live unfortunately.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. No DSL, man that sucks...nt

[Initech]

6. That's what I get for living in a place called "Hidden Hills".

:rofl:

Hopefully I'll be able to move to a neighborhood that has it soon.

[and-justice-for-all]

7. Hidden Hills? Sounds like a shitty Mtv show...LOL,,nt

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Go Eric Massa!

That's precisely why I gave money to his campaign (I live in NJ) and my parents gave and volunteered. He's a good egg!

Onto Time Warner - They are turning into a Health Insurance Provider:Time Warner Cable also hides the fine print in their "terms of service" allowing the company to disconnect users on a whim. Hmm. . . sounds just like an insurance provider. They get away with this stuff, and now other services are pulling the same crap.