Greetings, Our community, though seemingly small, uses the global network to communicate here in the group. Our access to this group may potentially be threatened. The free access that we 'currently' have, could be restricted, if large Internet Service Providers are allowed to selectively filter content, relative to how they see the potential for profit, based on that filtering. Currently: Comcast is being investigated by the FCC for allegedly filtering content, and has also allegedly been caught trying to block access to the public hearing by paying people to fill seats. Story here: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/02/26/Comcast-FCC-Hearing-S... ------------------------------------------------------ Supporting "Net Neutrality" comes down to making it known to your political representatives that you want the large ISPs to not be allowed to be selective about what they allow you to access on the internet. This is easily done via email, here: http://www.savetheinternet.com/ ~ Please take the time to make your voice heard.~ Thank you, Stephen A. Karl The Pittsburgh PC Help Desk ------------------------------------------------------ "Network Neutrality" from Wikipedia: ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality ) (equivalently "net neutrality", "Internet neutrality" or "NN") refers to a principle that is applied to residential broadband networks, and potentially to all networks. Precise definitions vary, but a broadband network free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, that does not restrict content, sites, or platforms and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams would be considered neutral by most observers.[1][2][3]