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> From: Sarah Alawami <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: AT&T's Latest Scam
> Date: August 22, 2012 12:08:12 PM EDT
> To: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
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> got this off of free press's website. I think for those of us that live in the uSA and that's most of you that I'm sending this to we need to take action. At&t are becoming ridiculous in their actions tward iPhone users and if we don't stop them they will nickel and dime us for everything we've got.  The ccc wants to hear from you so even if you are not an iPhone user express yourself here. The message explaining everything is below. You can always opt out of receiving emails from them ever again if you do this. I won't as I want to fight for what I personally believe in, bent newtratlity and internet freedom, and the how I choose to use my device. Share via the link given to you on facebook, twitter, any social network you can. Shout this to the masses!
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> Dear Sarah,
> From electricity to earmuffs, once you buy a product from a company, it shouldn’t be any of its business how you choose to use it.
> Then there’s the upside-down world of AT&T.
> The telecom giant just announced it is crippling the FaceTime video calling app on its customers’ iPhones unless they subscribe to a more expensive text-and-voice plan.1 That’s right — AT&T will block one of the iPhone's best features unless users pay more money for less data and unlimited voice minutes, none of which they need to use FaceTime.
> This is not just an insult to customers, it’s a violation of Net Neutrality. Tell the FCC to take action against AT&T's blocking.
> If we had actual competition for mobile phone service in America, AT&T's latest scam would never fly. You’d simply take your business elsewhere.
> But we don't have any competition. We have a market dominated by companies that force consumers into ridiculous service plans that make you pay more for less.2
> Meanwhile, the FCC’s Open Internet Order explicitly prohibits AT&T from screwing over iPhone customers this way.
> The rules state that mobile phone providers can’t "block applications that compete with the provider’s voice or video telephony services."3 And yet, AT&T is doing precisely that — violating the letter and the spirit of Net Neutrality.
> Tell the FCC to take action against AT&T's blocking.
> Companies like AT&T and Verizon have shown they’ll consider all sorts of ridiculous things to prop up declining revenue streams like voice and text.
> Today AT&T is blocking FaceTime unless you pay its toll. But tomorrow it could be Skype, Google Voice or Messages.
> And that’s why users everywhere need to speak out against AT&T’s harrowing vision for our wireless Internet future.
> Take action now: Put a stop to AT&T’s attack on its customers and on Net Neutrality.
> Thanks,
> Craig Aaron 
> Free Press
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> 1. Craig Aaron, “AT&T: Pay Me, Screw Net Neutrality,” Huffington Post, August 20, 2012. http://act.freepress.net/go/11644?t=9&akid=3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
> 2. Joel Kelsey, “FCC Ruling Will Save Verizon Wireless Customers Big Bucks,” Free Press, August 9, 2012. http://act.freepress.net/go/11641?t=11&akid=3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
> 3. See the FCC’s Open Internet rules: http://act.freepress.net/go/11642?t=13&akid=3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
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