Internet Firms Raise Profile on Capitol Hill

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Internet companies have long been dwarfed in Washington by the lobbying might of telecoms. But now some firms are beefing up their D.C. operations, the Wall Street Journal reports, partly in an effort to push legislation that would prevent telephone companies from charging Internet companies for guaranteed fast delivery of Internet content. A telecom lawyer hired by Google last summer to build the company's Washington office tells the WSJ, 'Carrier control over Internet activity is bad for consumers. ... We're not worried consumers won't be able to reach Google. The real threat is to the next Google and to the services that are important for consumers.'"

Comments

Re:Carriers are paranoid, and rightly so

[killjoe]

Your govt is for sale to the highest bidder and you are worried aobut the latency for your online games?

Re:Carriers are paranoid, and rightly so

[G-funk]

And that my friend, is why their government is still for sale. Of course our governments will follow suit, and they're the only ones that still have guns, so pity us, not them.