Contact your congressional representative to let him or her know that you oppose H.R. 2726, "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act," a deceptively named bill will prevent local communities from providing broadband access to their citizens. It will especially hurt citizens living in poorer rural and urban areas who lack broadband access.
The bill is being sponsored by Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas. No surprise there, eh?
It disgusts me to see how the United States has dropped the ball in terms of providing broadband access to its citizens. Of course, considering who's been running the country, apathy about the digital divide is to be expected.
Republicans and conservative Democrats generally oppose tax dollars going to fund initiatives that benenfit the general public (They want to privatize everything and call State-provided services 'Big Government,' unless it's the military or law enforcement).
Moreover, it's not in their interest for more people to have high-speed Internet access. After all, people might just discover that there are progressive populists out there, people who don't want to see democracy sold on the cheap.
It takes only a few seconds to send an e-mail to your representative through the Freepress.net website.
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