[ale] Net Neutrality Protest Dec 7

[Charles Shapiro]

I counted about 50 people at last night's protest, about a half-mile South
of the Buckhead MARTA station on Peachtree Road.  We stood on both sides of
the street and on the median chanting and holding signs. Someone had a box
of pre-printed signs to carry, and I saw a pre-printed banner as well. A
bunch of people brought their own. My favorite pre-printed sign read
"Please upgrade your plan to read this sign".  I came away with one that
read "Killing Net Neutrality Harms Small Business".  I liked the home-made
sign that read "Let Freedom Ping".  We got a lot of  honks and thumbs up
from motorists.  Traffic on Peachtree Road at that hour is pretty horrific,
so folks had plenty of time to see us or ignore us.

WABE sent a reporter out to cover the protest.  The treacherous GPB, of
course, couldn't be bothered.  I saw lots of cameras, but I haven't been
able to find any pictures on the web yet.  There's a good deal of national
coverage (
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/07/net-neutrality-protests-planned-thursday-at-verizon-stores-nationwide/),
(
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/net-neutrality-supporters-protest-outside-verizon-in-nyc/
).  Some intrepid folks even showed up at the Verizon store in Fairbanks,
AK.   It was fun.

-- CHS


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey this sounds awesome.  I can show up around 16:30.  Can I invite folks
> from Freeside Atlanta and Decatur Makers as well?
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Potter <michael at potter.name>
> Date: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Net Neutrality Protest Dec 7
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>
>
> Looks like the protest is walking distance from my office (ATV) and the
> buckhead marta.
>
> If any one wants to come in early and beat the traffic let me know and I
> can provide a warm place, snacks, and wifi until 5pm.  Then we can walk
> over together.
>
> RSVP with the time you will arrive so I can book a conference room.
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Tim Watts <timtwatts at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The black-outs by Google and other major sites a few years ago were
>> pretty effective at engaging people and killing of the pending
>> legislation {forgot what it was, some draconian anti-copying thing
>> IIRC}.  Any hints of that emerging?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2017-11-24 at 08:12 -0600, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>> > At 5 PM on Dec 7, Verizon stores nationwide will be sites for protests
>> > over Ajit Pai's recent actions on net neutrality. Protests in Atlanta
>> > will be at the Verizon store on Peachtree Road. Details
>> > ( https://act.demandprogress.org/event/team-internet/1402 ) are on the
>> > web.  I will be at this event.
>> >
>> >
>> > -- CHS
>> >
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