There is a National Day of Out(R)age on May 24th to protest the telcos. Cities across the US are participating - info at http://saveaccess.org. Not to be overlooked! The COPE bill and Seate legislation will also impact the thousands of Public, Educational, and Governmental access channels and facilities around the country. The 'National Franchise' will remove local municipal oversight and administation of local video franchises and place it in the hands of the FCC. COPE is also currently written to ALLOW for Red-Lining. The provisions are weak at best - they give the Telcos 'build-out' requirements with no timetable specified. Go …
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