Back in April I wrote about the nascent efforts of Net Neutrality advocates to stop the efforts of big telcos to create a tiered Internet which favors those with deep pockets. That initial effort was successful, as the anti-Net Neutrality bill expired with the end of the 109th Congress. But the fight is not over yet. It’s now even more important for you to speak out. The 110th Congress that begins work on January 4, 2007 appears to be more Web-friendly than the 109th which means it’s now possible to make Net Neutrality a law. As the 110th Congress comes into session, please contact your representatives and senators, especially the newly elected ones, to let them know where you stand. Savetheinternet.com has contact information, a tracker showing where senators stand, and a petition with 1.2 million signatures.

As I wrote in April, “Every blogger, regardless of what topic you normally blog about, should post about Net Neutrality. Your readers deserve to know what’s at stake, and a large scale effort will again demonstrate the power bloggers have to speak with a loud enough voice to counter corporations with big money. Think about the statement we can all make – millions of bytes of content defending net neutrality flow through the pipes of big telcos like AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest – that’s voting with your feet.”