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Yeah, they're really pushing hard at the State Level. Last year it was called "Cable Choice and Competition" and this year it's "Connected Nation". And I've been g00glebombing to try to take their nice new slogan away, same as I did last year. I hope you help. :)

Yeah, they're really pushing hard at the State Level. Last year it was called "Cable Choice and Competition" and this year it's "Connected Nation". And I've been g00glebombing to try to take their nice new slogan away, same as I did last year. I hope you help. :)

Indiana? The same state in which AT&T is successfully redlining broadband buildout to only RICH neighborhoods?

There was a good reason the state legislation was voted down in places, or amended. The original "Cable Choice and Competition" bills were written by AT&T or Verizon or BellSouth, depending on the state, and there were a lot of them. All those Bills read exactly the same, and had no buildout requirements, trashed public access TV, gave the Telcos total control over muni right of ways, etc etc etc.

More on Cable Choice and Competition at the state level.

Um, did you KNOW that Santorum was one of the 20 Most Corrupt Politicians last year? So "just trying to help AccuWeather profit" was most likely putting dough in his own campaign chest or wherever.