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Received this via email from someone:
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Dear Friend, 
"They're Ba-ack..." 
This Halloween, the powerful lobbyists at the National Association of 
Broadcasters (NAB) are trying to scare Washington with horror stories 
about "white spaces" -- vacant TV channels that can be used to bring 
high-speed Internet to rural and low-income Americans across the country. 
The NAB’s hired guns have bombarded policy makers with false claims in a 
desperate, last-ditch attempt to hoard these airwaves and to disrupt a 
critical FCC vote taking place in just six days. 
The FCC's five commissioners must not buckle under the intense lobbying 
pressure: 
Tell the FCC: Don't Give in to NAB Scare Tactics
Here are the facts: 
1.        If we open white spaces now, we can bring the social and 
economic benefits of a fast Internet connection to tens of millions of 
Americans now on the wrong side of the digital divide. 
2.        FCC engineers have tested white spaces devices and determined 
that the technology can deliver high-speed wireless Internet, without 
interfering with adjacent TV broadcasts.
3.        The NAB and Big Media are doing everything in their power to 
close off access to white spaces because they fear competition from new 
innovators and losing control of the public airwaves. 
The NAB is furiously spending millions of dollars on dirty tricks and 
political intimidation to scare the FCC away from white spaces. They have 
high-priced lawyers and lobbyists, but we have you. 
Take just one minute to sign this Halloween action card and forward it to 
your friends. Free Press will deliver your cards to the FCC on Halloween 
and make sure they "treat" us by opening white spaces for eveyone's 
benefit: 
This Halloween: Stand Up to the Lobbyists' Scare Tactics
With your support today, we'll expose Big Media's fear-mongering and make 
certain that white spaces are used to make fast, affordable Internet 
service a reality for everyone. 
Thanks, 
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press

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