[Ct-nfb] Fwd: Comcast's power grab

Danielle Spruill dspruill87 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 16:45:40 UTC 2014 

and that is why I emailed it. to inform people about it. not for NFB
to make it a priority but for individuals to see it and if they want
to sign their petition sign it or make phone calls make phone calls.

On 10/5/14, Hulbert via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dear Danielle and Justin,
>
>
>
> I think that NFB should take a better look at this merger.  If the 2
> companies merge it will become a monopoly and it might possibly have an
> impact on the organization blind movement. While NFB constitution won't
> permit NFB can't take an official opinion on the subject NFB could
> encourage
> people to contact their senator, congressman and the FCC to inform these
> officials are opposed to the merger. The merger will mean crappier service
> and higher prices. The higher prices will affect blind people as 70% of us
> are unemployed, underemployed or living on either Disability benefits or
> SSI
> benefits as well. These people certainly could not afford to pay any price
> that the mega-company decides to put in place. This would have an effect on
> blind people. Even if the NFB can't encourage people to contact the above,
> I
> do as an individual encourage everybody on this list to make calls. For
> what
> it is worth, that's my opinion on the subject.
>
>
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin
> Salisbury via Ct-nfb
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:26 PM
> To: Danielle Spruill; NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Fwd: Comcast's power grab
>
>
>
> Dear Danielle,
>
>
>
> I appreciate your passion for the net neutrality cause, and I recognize
> that
> some may be afraid that it will limit our ability to have a voice in the
> organized blind movement, but it just isn't a priority of the National
> Federation of the Blind, and it really isn't a blindness issue.
>
>
>
> I mean it when I say I appreciate you wanting to alert us to this, but we
> are already aware of it and have chosen to not make it a part of our
> agenda.
>
>
>
> Part of being an affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind means
> that we abide by the policies of the National Federation of the Blind.
>
>
>
> As we all know to say at the beginning of any Federation event:
>
>
>
> I pledge to participate actively in the effort of the National Federation
> of
> the Blind to achieve a quality, opportunity, insecurity for the blind; to
> support the policies and programs of the Federation, and to abide by its
> constitution.
>
>
>
> Yours in service,
>
>
>
> Justin Salisbury
>
> List Moderator
>
>
>
> Sent from the iPhone of:
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>
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
>
> Graduate Student
>
> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech
> University
>
> Email:  <mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu> President at Alumni.ECU.edu
>
> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
>
>
>
> p> On Oct 3, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Danielle Spruill via Ct-nfb <
> <mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:10:19 +0000
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>> Subject: Comcast's power grab
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>>   Hi ,
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>>   Comcast -- a known Net Neutrality violator -- has kicked its spin
> machine
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>>   into high gear. Its goal? To sell Washington on its plan to take over
> Time
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>>   Warner Cable.
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>>   (Because a bigger cable company is exactly what we need, right?)
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>>   This deal would combine the two largest cable companies into one giant
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>>   gatekeeper that would control our access to the Internet. And while
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>>   Comcast may pretend to support Net Neutrality, it's required to abide
>> by
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>>   it only until 2018.
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>>   [2]But you can put a stop to Comcast's never-ending quest for
>> dominance:
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>>   Tell the FCC to reject the deal.
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>>   If the merger goes through, we'll be stuck paying higher prices for the
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>>   same sluggish speeds and pathetic customer service. Comcast will be
>> able
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>>   to do whatever it wants with our connections to the Internet. And this
> is
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>>   a company that has shown time and again that it wants to control what
>> we
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>>   see and do online.
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>>   [3]Nobody wants their cable company to get even bigger. Speak out
>> today.
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>>   Stopping Comcast's power grab is serious business. We have to combat
>> the
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>>   millions of dollars the company is shelling out to inundate Washington
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>>   with hundreds of lobbyists and misleading advertisements.
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>>   [4]Tell the FCC to stop this deal.
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>>   There is simply no good reason that Comcast -- or any other company --
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>>   should be allowed to mess with our Internet.
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>>   Thanks for all that you do--
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>>   P.S. Want to do more? After you send the FCC a message, [6]pick up the
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>>   phone and tell Chairman Wheeler exactly what you think.
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>>   P.P.S. [7]Donate today to super-charge our campaign to stop Comcast.
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