All Things Net Neutrality

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Anybody who says that net neutrality is a good thing is being paid off by the ISPs. It really is that simple. Wasn't shocked to see a Chicago politician being paid off. Thanks Obama!

The ISP's really do a great job playing both sides of the aisle. From what I can gather they go to Democrats when they want more barriers to entry and subsidies. After which they appeal to Republicans to get rid of pro consumer policies that will allow them to gouge customers and content providers. I've also seen articles suggest that outside of formal donations to political campaigns they also regularly hire friends and relatives of politicians they do business with.

I saw someone joke the other day that where as Google's motto is 'don't be evil' Comcast's seems to use 'what have you done evil today?'

Speaking of evil:
A lot of people don’t like the Comcast-Time Warner merger, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be approved - The Washington Post

“I still suspect the merger will be approved. It doesn’t seem to trip any antitrust wires, and merger conditions would let the FCC push various Internet policies it cares about," Gallant said. "But I also think the companies’ national reach in broadband is making this a closer call than Comcast-NBCU was four years ago.”

Meanwhile Comcast top evangilist/Executive VP David Cohen is wondering why's everybody always pickin on Comcast.
Cohen Slams Critics of TWC Deal | Multichannel

Comcast executive vice president David Cohen says some critics of his company's proposal to merge with Time Warner Cable are programmers who failed to negotiate better contracts in exchange for supporting the deal. He did not name names of those whose support was for sale.

"As in many prior transactions, various parties have attempted to use this review to advance agendas that have nothing to do with this transaction and to seek government support for parochial business interests that in many cases are seeking more money and distribution for themselves," he said in a lengthy blog posting Monday taking aim at the deal's critics, but also pointing out that it had a lot of fans as well.

And who are those fans....um mein fuher....Steiner
Comcast donations help company secure support for Time Warner Cable merger | Ars Technica

After all its not as if years of bad karma built on screwing over customers and paying off politicians isn't coming back to haunt them. No its content providers that are looking to screw Comcast.

In Net Neutrality news:
Sunlight: 99 percent of net neutrality comments wanted stronger FCC rules - The Washington Post

The Sunlight Foundation has just wrapped its weeks-long study of the more than 1 million initial comments filed to federal regulators on net neutrality. The top-line results are unsurprising, with less than 1 percent of 800,000 commenters calling for Internet providers to be regulated more lightly. That's consistent with a major push by consumer advocates to convince FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to adopt stronger rules on ISPs.

So friendly reminder, if you are against said merger comment by clicking ZE LINK BELOW! NAO!!!
Comcast - Time Warner Cable, MB Docket 14-57 | FCC.gov