This Thursday, April 1, 2010 is
BLANK SCREEN DAY 2010
TURN OFF THE INTERNET FOR THE WORLD
The Internet is close to capacity.
Here is what you can do to help!
Tomorrow is Blank Screen day. It’s your opportunity to help share precious internet bandwidth with people who need it desperately. Won't you join us in pledging to participate?
Research at MIT shows that the Internet is dangerously close to capacity.
As part of the global effort to conserve the Internet, people all over the world have agreed to switch off for one hour today. You don’t need to go to such extremes: any one hour of going offline during normal business hours will provide precious bandwidth to those who most need it.
Why is this so important? Americans comprise less than 5% of the world's population, yet use more than 25% of the world's internet capacity. People in the developing nations who are eager to join the global conversation and the international marketplace will never be able to get online while some others are sucking up all available bandwidth playing online poker and and checking out cute pet videos. Think about it: One hour of your Internet silence could help a fashion-starved villager get through to Saks.com.
Please consider joining us today in this crusade.