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| Net Neutrality and the eBay Community: A Call to Action |
| Dear eBay
Community Member, 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. |
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 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 *** -- would be what is left for everyone else.
If the fast *** is the information "super-highway," the slow ***
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 *** 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.
