Be Heard! Cut&Paste: ~~~~~~~~ FreeTheAirwaves! .. for Course Of Act Movie and the digital BETA Test of NIFTI.tv Broadcast Channel! http://effortlesssuccessventures.tumblr.com ~~~~~~~~ Thanks! Begin forwarded message: > From: Free the Airwaves / Google > Date: October 24, 2008 12:45:12 PM EDT > To: macdaddyx1@gmail.com > Subject: Free the Airwaves: FCC vote on “white spaces” scheduled > for Nov. 4 > Reply-To: events@google.com > > Hi, > > This Election Day, there’s more than one important vote going on. > And there’s something we need you to do to get ready. > > While you’re casting your ballot at your polling place on November > 4, the Federal Communications Commission will be voting the same day > on rules governing “white spaces” — the unused airwaves between > broadcast TV channels. > > Last week, after months of testing, the FCC announced that white > spaces devices could operate without interfering with TV broadcasts > or wireless microphone signals. > > The science speaks for itself, but that’s not going to stop the > broadcasting lobby from trying to derail the technology before the > rules are even written. Since last Friday, the National Association > of Broadcasters has been trying to stop the vote from taking place. > We can’t let that happen. > > Thanks in part to your efforts, we’re less than two weeks away from > a vote that could transform the way we connect to the Internet. > > We can’t let up now. > > You’ve already signed our petition at www.FreeTheAirwaves.com. Now > we’re in the final stretch and we need your help again. > > Please forward this message to five of your friends, and ask them to > sign the petition at www.FreeTheAirwaves.com. > > Call your Member of Congress and let him or her know it’s time to > open “white spaces” for everyone: https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?alertId=285&pg=makeACall&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr001=rppctdj0p4.app43b > > Just as Wi-Fi sparked a revolution in the way we connect to the web, > freeing the “white space” airwaves could help unleash a new wave of > technological innovation, create jobs, and boost our econowww.FreeTheAirwaves.com. Now > we’re in the final stretch and we need your help again. > > Please forward this message to five of your friends, and ask them to > sign the petition at www.FreeTheAirwaves.com. > > Call your Member of Congress and let him or her know it’s time to > open “white spaces” for everyone: https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?alertId=285&pg=makeACall&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr001=rppctdj0p4.app43b > > Just as Wi-Fi sparked a revolution in the way we connect to the web, > freeing the “white space” airwaves could help unleash a new wave of > technological innovation, create jobs, and boost our economy. > > But it can happen only if the FCC moves forward. Encourage your > friends to sign the petition and call your Member of Congress today. > > Thanks, > FreeTheAirwaves.com > > > Email sent by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, > CA 94043, sponsor of Free the Airwaves. > > If you would like to opt-out of all future emails on this subject > please reply to this email with ‘Unsubscribe,’ in the subject-line.