Hey Harry
One more thought:
A lot of people probably do not even know they have rights.
WRite up the story of your case for your local affiliate newsletter.
It could be even cooler if you have quotes from Motorola and Boost
about why they are happy to do it. The idea is just to get the word out
to others who might be interested.
Anyway THANKS for writing about all this.
DOreneC
-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 5:36 pm
Subject: [VICUG-L] it's time for us to throw our weight around, folks!
Hi all,
Harry here.
I have had 2 very long days. I have ben very angry about a few
things, and something told me, "Harry, instead of being angry about it,
throw
your weight around, and do something about it.
So, here's what has come out of it, and I want your help, if you're in
this
with me, ok?
Below my signature, I've pasted in a letter with language for a piece
of
legislation, and I need you all to get this to people such as:
1. your congressman/woman
2. Your 2 US. Senaters from your state.
3. the ACB, and your state affiliate.
4. The NFB, and it's state affiliate.
Also, you need to send this to as many blind email lists as you're
subscribed to.
Let's show these companies we're mad as heck, and we're not gonna take
it
any more.
Now as you'll see,20after the word Dear, in the letter, you fill in the
Congressman/woman's name. For example,
"Dear Congresswoman Miller:"
Also, there is no signature below the sincerely,
so you must sign it.
Let's get'um folks. We've laid down long enough, and it's time for a
full court press!
Also, for those of you who want an update on the Motorola situation,
here
it is.
I filed a complaint with the FCC against Motorola, and in a week, I've
never seen a company run so fast in my life. All I know is, I'm
holding
right now, in my hands, a Motorola q9C, and it's on the Boost network!
So, 1 person can make the difference, and more than 1? Well you know
what will happen if we all get involved on an issue, right?
Harry
Dear ,
I am writing to give you some
ideas on the future of the internet and cell phones, and a piece of
legislation
I’d like you to write.
The following things need to be
in the legislation:
1. Force Apple to allow any application to
run on the iphone, and not just their programs.
2. Force internet service providers,
(ISPs), not to have caps on people’s internet service, no matter how
big the
files are. This is what Comcast
tried to do in 2008. Other ISPs are
talking about it now.
3. We must have net neutrality, and
prohibit ISPs from allowing and preferring certain types of data over
other
types of data.
4. Require all cell p
hones to remain
unlocked. Right now, carriers lock
cell phones, and do not let users install any piece of software other
than the
software that the cellular phone companies want installed.
5. We need to require major league
baseball, the national football league, and the national basketball
association
to allow radio stations to stream their games over the internet, which
is
forbidden now. I called our
flagship station for our local NBA team, because the game was
streaming, and
they stopped it, right in the middle of the game. I was told by the
board op running the
station’s control board, “sorry, we had to stop streaming this game and
all
games in the future, because they’re requiring folks to pay for
listening to
games, and they want them to listen to it on their network. I had the
same experience when calling
our team’s flagship station, concerning our major league baseball team.
6. Require Microsoft too make their
computers speak right out of the box, using a fully functioning screen
reader. Blind people should not
have to pay more money for just using a screen reader to read the
screen!
7. Require that Microsoft make windows 7 to
look just like windows xp, with a start menu, folder views and list
views in
menus.
8. Require all cell phone manufacturers to
make cell phones with built in screen readers for the blind from out of
the=2
0box,
and the blind should not have to pay for a separate screen reader to
read the
screen when sighted folks don’t have to.
Sincerely,
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