Net Neutrality

I made a call to Sen. Gordon Smith's Portland office (503-326-3386) today. I introduced myself and told the lady where I was calling from (Portland), and said I was calling about Net Neutrality.

Senator Smith hasn't taken a public position on the topic yet. He has taken lots and lots of money from companies on both sides of the issue; earlier this week I read that his top two contributors were AT&T (anti-network neutrality) and Microsoft (pro-network neutrality).

She sounded cheerful and said "Yes?"

"I was wondering if Sen. Smith had decided who his constituents were today?" I asked.

There was a brief silence and then she said, rather annoyed, "I will be sure to pass along your comments to the senator."

I said, "Is that all you can do?"

She said "That is all I can do."

I started to ask, "You can't even answer my question?"

...but she hung up on me. Can you believe it? I don't know, it seems like a simple question to me.

Maybe I'll get an answer at the Washington office. I'll post what I find out.

Any Oregon readers of my humble blog are encouraged to call Senator Smith to ask him the same question...