{"id":2167,"date":"2014-05-05T20:39:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T00:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2014-05-05T20:39:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T00:39:29","slug":"net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Net Neutrality!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #141823;\">I am working hard these days in the fight for Net Neutrality. Here is the note I enclosed with the petition below and why you should sign it\u00a0(and all the others like it):<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">The FCC&#8217;s proposed policy is a worst-case example of money trumping good policy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\" style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p>Internet access in this country is already lower in quality and higher in price than every other First World nation, simply because our Web providers have a monopolistic position. Not satisfied with that, they want to be able to extort more from any business that wants to function properly.<\/p>\n<p>This is not offering better service to those who pay; this is threatening everyone who doesn&#8217;t with subpar service.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet has in record time become the dominant engine for opportunity and real competition in the world&#8217;s economy, which is probably the reason these monopolies are trying so hard to destroy it.<\/p>\n<p>I am demanding you to drop the proposed \u201cpay-to-play\u201d rule, which shreds the principles of Net neutrality just to fatten the wallets of people who already have way too much power and money.<\/p>\n<p>Please uphold Net neutrality and classify broadband as a telecommunications service, the way it should have been from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely, Ted Krever, citizen with no money or influence (just a vote)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where you can sign the petition yourself:<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #3b5998;\" href=\"http:\/\/campaigns.dailykos.com\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/campaigns.dailykos.com\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=878<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working hard these days in the fight for Net Neutrality. Here is the note I enclosed with the petition below and why you should sign it\u00a0(and all the others like it): The FCC&#8217;s proposed policy is a worst-case <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/net-neutrality\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}