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AT&T's Net Neutrality Doublethink

Posted by kdawson on from the like-mccain-said dept.

GMGruman writes "George Orwell would be proud of AT&T, as Bill Snyder explains in this blog post, for its new ads saying it supports Net neutrality when in fact it is working actively to scuttle proposed FCC rules that would clearly ban discriminatory practices against different types of data, such as video streaming or VoIP. It's also trying to get government subsidies to build a substandard broadband network for the under-served areas of the US. If it and its carrier partners win, 'Internet freedom' will mean freedom for carriers to be the 21st century's robber barons."

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  1. Best get this out of they way.... by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Robber Barons? You, sir, slander the good name of brilliant men like Jay Gould and Daniel Drew. How dare you!

  2. YOU let this happen by Gothmolly · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They'll be robber barons because like in the 1800s, they bribed/gamed the governmental control system in place to achieve monopoly power.

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  3. There are a lot of buffet restaurants in the U.S. by Benfea · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How long do you think it will be before all those buffet restaurants go out of business? Why do you think they and their customers have tolerated such an unfair pricing structure for so long?