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

[Justin Salisbury]

Understood. I have often found it tempting to use every contact in my address book when trying to spread the word about a fundraiser for this organization or an event for that one. When certain organizations have mailing lists set to a specific focus, I do my very best to avoid violating that focus.

If everyone were to start sending messages to this list about everything they thought people would find interesting, the list would become quite flooded, and the purpose of the list would be dramatically diluted. I want us to be very careful about starting down a slippery slope.

I really hope that this stance does not offend you, and I hope that I have the opportunity to meet you for the first time at this years state convention.

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Justin M. Salisbury
Graduate Student
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

> On Oct 6, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Danielle Spruill via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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:
>> 
>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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>>> From: "Mary Alice Crim, FreePress.net" < <mailto:info at freepress.net>
>> info at freepress.net>
>> 
>>> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:10:19 +0000
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>>> Subject: Comcast's power grab
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>>> To: Danielle < <mailto:dspruill87 at gmail.com> dspruill87 at gmail.com>
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>>>                      [1][IMG]
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>>>  Hi ,
>> 
>> 
>>>  Comcast -- a known Net Neutrality violator -- has kicked its spin
>> machine
>> 
>>>  into high gear. Its goal? To sell Washington on its plan to take over
>> Time
>> 
>>>  Warner Cable.
>> 
>> 
>>>  (Because a bigger cable company is exactly what we need, right?)
>> 
>> 
>>>  This deal would combine the two largest cable companies into one giant
>> 
>>>  gatekeeper that would control our access to the Internet. And while
>> 
>>>  Comcast may pretend to support Net Neutrality, it's required to abide
>>> by
>> 
>>>  it only until 2018.
>> 
>> 
>>>  [2]But you can put a stop to Comcast's never-ending quest for
>>> dominance:
>> 
>>>  Tell the FCC to reject the deal.
>> 
>> 
>>>  If the merger goes through, we'll be stuck paying higher prices for the
>> 
>>>  same sluggish speeds and pathetic customer service. Comcast will be
>>> able
>> 
>>>  to do whatever it wants with our connections to the Internet. And this
>> is
>> 
>>>  a company that has shown time and again that it wants to control what
>>> we
>> 
>>>  see and do online.
>> 
>> 
>>>  [3]Nobody wants their cable company to get even bigger. Speak out
>>> today.
>> 
>> 
>>>  Stopping Comcast's power grab is serious business. We have to combat
>>> the
>> 
>>>  millions of dollars the company is shelling out to inundate Washington
>> 
>>>  with hundreds of lobbyists and misleading advertisements.
>> 
>> 
>>>  [4]Tell the FCC to stop this deal.
>> 
>> 
>>>  There is simply no good reason that Comcast -- or any other company --
>> 
>>>  should be allowed to mess with our Internet.
>> 
>> 
>>>  Thanks for all that you do--
>> 
>> 
>>>  Mary Alice, Candace, Amy and the rest of the Free Press team
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>>>  [5]freepress.net
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>> 
>>>  phone and tell Chairman Wheeler exactly what you think.
>> 
>> 
>>>  P.P.S. [7]Donate today to super-charge our campaign to stop Comcast.
>> 
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>> 
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