Cable lobbyists strong-arm Congresscritters into signing anti-Net Neutralitypetition

Robbo sez, "Cable lobbyists are trying to get Congress Critters to sign off on a letter from the industry exhorting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to NOT reclassify broadband Internet as a Title II common carrier service. It is, of course, complete horseshit and now (even after all the public outcry over Wheeler's patronizing positioning over his own proposed rules) the weasels of theNational Cable and Telecommunications Association are looking toget their Congressional lackeys to block any reasonable response tothe public will.

"It's a shame members of Congress don't read more than their bankbalance - if they'd read anything from Susan Crawford they'd knowthe rational recourse would be for the FCC to declare the net acommon carrier. But with Wheeler at the helm and with the NCTAdicks priming the pump from the shadows we're likely to see furtherdouche maneuvering on the Hill." Read the rest