eBay Asks Users to Weigh in on Net Neutrality Debate

Silicon.com, June 2, 2006
By Declan McCullagh

eBay this week unleashed a political machine that should make politicians envious: a national email blast over net neutrality.

Meg Whitman, chief executive of the internet auctioneer, called on more than a million eBay members to get involved in the debate over telecommunications laws and "send a message to your representatives in Congress before it is too late".

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