[Demcom] La bataille pour la neutralité de l'internet fait rage aux États (suite)

[Alain Ambrosi]

Pour faire suite  ..
Les cablos et les compagnies de téléphone sont à l'offensive sur tous 
les fronts . Pour eux Internet sera à péage et les médias communautaires 
doivent disparaître (ils n'auront plus accès à la cablodistrribution.)
Le vote sur la  loi sur la non-neutralité de l'internet est maintenant 
au niveau du sénat qui semble-t-il pourrait la bloquer ou au moins 
l'amender ..

Le New York Times s'en mêle
KEEPING A DEMOCRATIC WEB
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] "Net neutrality" is a concept that is still unfamiliar to 
most Americans, but it keeps the Internet democratic. Cable and 
telephone companies that provide Internet service are talking about 
creating a two-tiered Internet, in which Web sites that pay them large 
fees would get priority over everything else. Opponents of these plans 
are supporting Net-neutrality legislation, which would require all Web 
sites to be treated equally. Net neutrality recently suffered a setback 
in the House, but there is growing hope that the Senate will take up the 
cause. The House Energy and Commerce Committee defeated a good 
Net-neutrality amendment last week. But the amendment got more votes 
than many people expected, suggesting that support for Net neutrality is 
beginning to take hold in Congress. In the Senate, Olympia Snowe, a 
Maine Republican, and Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, are 
drafting a strong Net-neutrality bill that would prohibit broadband 
providers from creating a two-tiered Internet. Senators who care about 
the Internet and Internet users should get behind it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/opinion/02tue3.html
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jeff Chester aussi sur son blog au sujet des tv communautaires et le 
lien avec la neutralité du net
http://www.democraticmedia.org/jcblog/?p=35