The businesses, organizations and individuals who see here have signed-on to support and endorse the Gigabyte March on Washington!

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Associations

Industry (CLEC's ISP's, WISP's, etc.)

Aggregators, Suppliers and other industry related businesses

Consumers

If you would like to join our virtual march on Washington please reply by email to cdelorenzi@patriot.net.

Be sure to include your name or the name of your business, your city and state, phone number (not required) as well as the group you believe best represents you.

Consumer Support and Comments

Bob Adams

Adams Marketing, Inc.

Warrenton, VA

"The disappearance of independent ISP's would be a travesty.  The frustration of dealing with the giants is growing NOW.  Imagine if they become the only choice!"

Chuck B

Reading, PA

"I just want to strongly urge you to keep competition at the highest levels for broadband access in the USA"

Rob and Julie Beatty

South Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Lana Bian

Vienna, VA

Lonnie Brown

Albuquerque, NM

"I oppose the deregulation of broadband services."

Raymond Caldwell

Ennis, TX

Steve Carow

Chicago, IL

"Please do not allow the phone companies to limit access to their phone lines.  Our country must remain competitive by actually promoting competition within our borders.  The Internet, VOIP, Web browsers, and the declining price of telephone calls were all developed by smaller companies in a very competitive and innovative environment.  The large phone companies create the antithesis to this environment."

James Cullum

Minneapolis, MN

"I've been using DSL from first US West then Qwest for years now and I am happy with it.  However, much of my satisfaction is due to my ISP, Visi.com.  If I had been saddled with that bloated monolith, MSP, as many were when Qwest dropped its ISP service, I doubt my opinion would be so positive.  To deny a choice off ISP in this situation would lead to monopolies foisting bad service upon the public."

Elizabeth de Lorenzi

Fairfax, VA

Nancy Dressing

Pinehurst, NC

How is it fair that the FCC should be allowed to dismantle the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that the Congress voted in to force telephone companies to sell lines to small Internet service providers to increase competition?"

"We had a local ISP long before we were able to connect to the "big guys".  Why should this hard-working ISP be endangered by the big guys.  Local employees will lose jobs and little guys who can't afford the "big guys" will suffer.  Locals are doing the best job.  Keep 'em in business.  Share the lines!

Richard England

Beaverton, OR

"The move on the part of BellSouth is nothing more than an attempt to increase their profit at the expense of the regional and local "little guy". BellSouth and others are coasting on the momentum of the infrastructure built up over the last 50 years and rather than try to improve the situation by equipment support and replacement and improve band width, they want to litigate and legislate their opponents out of existence. The communications infrastructure is fast becoming a shared asset not a solely owned enterprise and should be open to all users. Don't the giant "tromp on the little guy"."

Skip Frank
Grapevine, TX

Allan Grant

Vienna, VA

Gary Hagen

Nokesville, VA

"Found out about this from the Green Party.  Our group are all small business owners who are sympathetic to the plight of small ISP's."

Christopher Hamersly

Fairfax, VA

Elizabeth Hamersly

Olympia, WA

Justin Hersh

Germantown, MD

"Continually chipping away at the ability of the independent ISP's to offer competitive service is dangerous. The Internet revolution was not kick-started by the corporate behemoths.  It was the small companies that brought people online and kept innovating until the Net became the mainstream phenomenon it is today."

Steve and Sandy Hollod

Interlachen, FL

Napi Ippolito

Richmond, VA

"Please do the right thing for the future of public communication."

Imran Kahn

Dallas, TX

David Z. Kaufman

DZK Law

Fairfax, VA 22030

"As both an economist and attorney, I see no benefit to reducing competition among ISP's. Reduced competition leads to higher prices, reduced service and a lack of innovation.  The proposal would certainly have these results and provide only a problematical benefit."

Joseph Kondrot

Control Information and Entertainment

Washington, D.C.

Debi Lichorowic

Planet Pitch

Middleburg, VA

Geoff Livingston

TelecomHub Board Member

Taylor Marshall

Frankfurt, KY

"Keep municipals - start competition"

Pat and Gary Meeks

Estelle Morrison

Ft. Worth, TX

Larry Nisenoff

Annandale, VA

"The ability to innovate is key to the continued competitiveness of the US economy!"

A.H. Perkins

Reading, PA

"It was the small independent businessman that made this a great nation.  If this nation and its citizens are to survive the future it will be done through the Small Businessman NOT THE LARGE OR MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS."

Dan Porter

Porter Morgan

Keller, TX

Anne L. Potter

Portland, OR

"Any elimination of small local or regional ISP's will only create oligopolies and increase costs of both broadband and dialup Internet access.  Such action can only place Internet service into the situation television cable services are already in.  They raise prices at will and with no constraint.  Their prices are prohibitive for some segments of the population.  To create the same conditions for Internet access will only inhibit the expansion of a service that has become almost critical to the survival of many businesses."

Brian Rosino

"Please don't destroy the availability of the Internet (information) to a broad group of consumers!"

Timothy N. Seward

Potomac, MD

"One wonders why the BOCs think that they will maximize their returns on their newly installed broadband local exchange facilities by denying access to local ISPs. That dog won't hunt, particularly with all of the alternative cable and satellite broadband services now coming to market. In fact, in that context, the BOCs are johnny-come-latelies to the broadband internet access marketing game. If they,[the BOCs] had any brains at all, [and they do not], they would perceive instantly that for them, all of the independent ISPs represent the perfect means of highly leveraged, instant entry into the broadband, internet access business. The BOCs should be signing long-term access deals with the ISPs, not trying to destroy them. No consumer who believes in the competitive market and its long term benefits to buyers and providers alike will buy broadband services from Verizon, or any other BOC, when broadband cable and satellite are available. The Commission should not permit the BOCs to shut down the competitive, reasonably priced and innovative ISP services now available to consumers and small businesses. To do so would be a huge fraud on the public and a clear violation of the Commission's duty under the Communications Act."

Ellen Shulby

Pinehurst, North Carolina

Robert Soligan

Fairfax, VA

"I work in the technology industry and I am worried about what will happen to my job should the Bells take over the Internet."

Ryan Tanner

Benicia, CA

"I am disturbed by efforts to extinguish the independent ISP. Despite the claims of the phone companies, competition is not as healthy as they may lead you to think. Satellite internet is not a solution. The speeds are laughable and reliability poor. Wireless internet is not available in my area. I have yet to hear of any plans by Pacific Gas and Electric to implement BPL. Comcast, my local cable company, still does not offer internet access at my location, despite constant advertisements in the mail saying otherwise. This is in the San Francisco Bay Area."

Thomas Ulaszek

Richardson, TX

"It is inconceivable that this type of action is even being contemplated.  It is a continuation of less services for money to those companies that are already a monopoly."

Paul Unger

Paul Unger NBS Search, Inc.

Al Villaret

Fairfax, VA

Harry Wagner

Wagner Dean

Irving, TX

Ted Westerfield

St. Augustine, FL

"Time Warner's Road Runner and Bell South's DSL service operate as an inter-industry oligopoly in NE Florida.  In other words, they have effectively shut out competition and offer higher than average rates."

Brian Willis

Cincinnati, Oh

"As the employee of an ISP, I am afraid that I am going to lose my job if the SBC petition is granted."

Glenn Wright
Kansas City, MO

"Only by allowing small ISP's to compete can the government ensure strong competition, low prices for consumers, and the freedom to choose the services we want.  Forcing companies out of business is un-American!"

Thomas Zabel

Dallas, TX

"I have just become aware of this FCC ruling. I believe that this ruling is, at best, a poor one which should be reconsidered. While it is fair for the major Telcos to receive a good return on their investment in facilities and services, including broadband services, it is not fair or proper to create a situation which eliminates the investment that various independent ISPs have made in order to provide their services. It is also not fair to eliminate choices for consumers - especially choices of service providers - and to essentially force consumers to do business with only one, or perhaps two, provider(s) in a given location."