WJ guest reading his answers to net neutrality phone questions

[itzamirakul]

Andrew Noyes, assoc. editor of the Washington Internet Daily (?) who looks 15 years old, is the spokesperson re the net neutrality question this morning. As older heads call in with questions about monopolies, etc the young man is forced to have to read from a notebook of answers. It seems like he has that usual "list of responses" and regardless of the question, he reads the next answer on the list.

There are several questions that he has to respond with, "I don't know the answer," or "I've heard that point before," with absolutely no answer of substantive content.

It is good to see young people in business, but is this the place to have to bring in prepared answers?
Also, there are certainly loads of things on the internet that I have never heard of before including this online publication. Anyone acquainted with same?

Noyes says he started with Communications Daily and has been with Washington Internet Daily for two or three years.

As I listen, I realize that he is more and more a corporatist and is protecting and promoting getting big biznesses desires accomplished.

[acmejack]

1. Washington Internet Daily is a part of Warren Communication News

Warren Communications News has their little fingers in all sorts of pies, in fact Warren Media Group is a big donor to Republicans (See this example in California, Hollingsworth for Senate http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/electiontrack/expenditures.php?committee=1251235 ). Naughty little Corporatists anti-consumer source!

[Gabi Hayes]

2. I heard that little creep. He said the idea of bloggers and other

"independents'" ability to fork over big bucks for the "multi-tiered" access approach was an 'interesting wrinkle' in the debate over net neutrality. that was all...nothing about how this will be the END of the internet as we know it. what a DICK!

and the calls I heard were overwhelmingly on the side of the PIPELINERS! what a surprise. I didn't hear one call that delineated the fatal implications of Stephens' bill....didn't hear all the calls, but what I did hear was very frightening



he completely ignored the fact that most pipeplines are already providing multi-tiered service, based on how fast one cares to connect. My provider offers three connection speeds at my end

[itzamirakul]

3. This is just the start of those in power being able to control the

information that we share.

I don't doubt that the online publication Noyes represents get government financial assistance and also contracts to write some of the false news the government has been issuing.

Remember when Cheney said that people were making millions on ebay? So this is the pipeline source's means of taping into some of that mythical money. They can affect what you cann and cannot access and thereby limit your ability to freely make money online.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. A caller a moment ago made the excellent point that BOTH sides

on internet neutrality (the major players, that is, like ATT vs. Google) are making huge money off this, and are only going to make MORE.

the consumer, you and me, are getting screwed both ways, and are already paying (through the nose) for our product, and they're just trying to get blood from a stone, basically

no mention, though, that the end of our broad access to information is the crucial question here

[gerrilea]

5. I thought that WJ was a little better than having a child say...

just what the corporations want.

I have a twist to this "net neutrality"...When verizon or Comcast want a bigger cut of the pie.

I already pay verizon for my phone service and when this kid said that a caller should call Stevens and tell him that the more you use the more you pay...is a line of crap...

Double dipping as it was mentioned by another caller...

Why should I pay verizon twice? I pay for each call I make with my dial-up? And god forbid I make a long distance call I pay for every minute I speak already.

I just wish there was more we could do to get this message out to people...

Any suggestions besides financial support which I've already done.

[itzamirakul]

6. My suggestion to get the message out is to continue to do what

you are doing now. post this info at as many boards and forums and blogs as possible. That in itself will reach thousands of people. And repeat the info more than once, in different words of course, but with the same message, to catch the people you may have missed and to remind those that you have already informed.

I am certainly going to pass it on to my friends who do not get the same info that I get.

I have dialup on my very old PC that is still on aol 6.0 I pay a monthly fee using my credit card to pay aol for that service.

I recently bought a new Mac. I had aol speed connection (not Road runner or anything with a cutesy name) connected to the new computer. I pay aol a second fee but this charge is on my TimeWarner cable bill.

Thus, I am paying aol for double service...one for dialup and one for cable modem connection. If THAT ain't double-dippin', I don't know what else is!