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Veilex

(1,555 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 05:44 PM Oct 2014

Stop Comcast and the other cable companies from getting the keys to the kingdom! (campaign)

Spreading the signal on this one:

Right now, it looks like the FCC may be deciding to advance a proposal that "looks" like it saves net neutrality but still lets Cable companies control and censor the Internet. As we speak, Cable is spending millions of dollars lobbying to make sure that comes true.

https://www.callthefcc.com/
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Stop Comcast and the other cable companies from getting the keys to the kingdom! (campaign) (Original Post) Veilex Oct 2014 OP
The Cables and the Telecomms own half of Washington, DC. lpbk2713 Oct 2014 #1
True on all counts. Veilex Nov 2014 #2
Welcomed in by corporate Democrats as well as Republicans. woo me with science Nov 2014 #3

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
1. The Cables and the Telecomms own half of Washington, DC.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 05:48 PM
Oct 2014



They write the laws, FCC rubber stamps their approval, and our elected officials make it the law of the land.

 

Veilex

(1,555 posts)
2. True on all counts.
Sat Nov 1, 2014, 12:46 PM
Nov 2014

They need to be stopped. We need to make it so politically painful for them to not adhere to the people's wishes that giving in to the likes of Comcast becomes a non option.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
3. Welcomed in by corporate Democrats as well as Republicans.
Sat Nov 1, 2014, 01:02 PM
Nov 2014


Bankrolled by broadband donors, house democrat/republican lobby FCC against net neutrality
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024966773

Net neutrality foes outspent backers by over three to one – and that's just so far
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024965396

Bill Moyers blisters Obama for abandoning his net neutrality promises
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017189841

Why did President Obama appoint Tom Wheeler, Cable Crony, to head the FCC?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024521140

FCC Incest: Meet the Cable Cronies Who Control Net Neutrality's Future
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024986869

The murder of net neutrality
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024903646

Obama's FCC Destroying Net Neutrality: FCC Chairman’s Many Excuses
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/05/fcc_chairman_tom_wheeler_s_lame_excuses_for_his_net_neutrality_proposal.2.html


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