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Posted on 10/22/2009 9:36:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Telecom firms face net-neutrality defeat
LOBBYING BLITZ MAY FALL SHORT
FCC expected to approve plan to develop Web access rules
By Cecilia Kang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Facing a major regulatory issue that could be worth a fortune in future business, AT&T has unleashed the kind of lobbying blitz that makes it one of the grand corporate players of the great Washington game.
And yet, for all the money AT&T and other old-line telecom and cable companies have spent pushing their cause, they are poised to lose a key vote to a bunch of younger technology companies that never had anything to do with Washington until recently.
If the Federal Communications Commission votes Thursday in favor of crafting rules to let the government oversee access to the Internet, it could be a sign of a fundamental shift of power under the Obama administration that may make K Street rethink its ways.
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Ping!
A more accurate headline would be “Government set to assume control of Internet.”
What exactly is the FCC trying to do here? The article was more about lobbying efforts than the actual decision.
What exactly? That’s what we’re all trying to find out here!
CA....
AT&T, Comcast and TWC are trying to wall off the Internet to make it more like AOL. Mostly to push their services and cut out people like Google and Vonage. They really hate video streaming and bitttorrent due to bandwidth issues. The thing that is setting the FCC off, is that they are looking at bandwidth Caps, but their own services didn’t count against the caps. So they could charge 1.00 per video thru their system or charge you a dollar in bandwidth charges to watch a video on youtube that would normally be free. also, they were not going to reduce their monthly when they started capping peoples bandwidth.
Yeah the vote is today?
Did you call and tell your Representatives, white House and FCC, NO?
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