Internet Access for US Citizens

Message to John Kneuer, US Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information

To: jkneuer@ntia.doc.gov
Subject: News article
From: Marcus Williamson
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007


Mr Kneuer

I have just read this news article.

Could you please explain how the U.S. has fallen so far behind other developed countries in providing Internet access to its citizens?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks & regards
Marcus Williamson



The Huffington Post June 26, 2007
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/bush-official-in-shoutin_b_53801.html?view=print

Timothy Karr

Bush Official in 'Shouting Match' with Open Access Supporters

The Bush administration's top telecommunications official reportedly tried to "shout down" net neutrality and open access supporters after they called him out for spinning America's Internet market as a wonderland of competition and consumer choice.

John Kneuer, assistant secretary of commerce and head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), "quickly lost his temper and began shouting" after an audience of technology experts pressed him to explain how the U.S. had fallen so far behind other developed countries in providing Internet access to citizens.

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