>From: SlowBoy <slowboy@cox.net>
>Date: Thu Jun 01 10:49:29 CDT 2006
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Fw: A Letter to datroadster from eBay CEO, Meg Whitman
>Untitled DocumentI just got this letter from EBAY and was wondering if anyone
>has heard about this outside of EBAY?
>
>Thanks!
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Meg Whitman
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> Net Neutrality and the eBay Community: A Call to Action
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thank you for reading this note. I hope you'll make your voice
>heard today.
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> Sincerely,
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> Meg Whitman
> President and CEO
> eBay Inc.
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> P.S. If you have any questions about this issue, please contact us
>at government_relations@ebay.com.
>
I got the same letter from Ebay and started to answer it when I realized that I
did not like the direction in which it was headed. I do not want Ebay sharing
my purchase and sale history with the fed.
Charlie B.
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