Posts tagged AT&T

Last week a horde of phone and cable lobbyists flooded the Federal Communications Commission with calls and letters before the agency unveiled its proposed Net Neutrality rules.

As the opponents of Net Neutrality continue their desperate attempts to thwart the FCC from beginning a rulemaking on the issue, we decided it might be helpful for readers to see for themselves the kinds of pretzel-like arguments they’ve twisted themselves into. Here are five fundamental questions Net Neutrality opponents have failed to answer:

How do we rid Washington of astroturf? It’s a blight that’s spread over the Capitol like kudzu, smothering genuine public debate under a tangle of misinformation.

Chris, McGreal, a reporter for Britain's Guardian newspaper, took to the road last month to report on how Americans living along Route 66--made famous in John Steinbeck's fictional Grapes of Wrath journey--are faring during the recession.

It’s official; I’ve become a geek. I love the Internet, gush over it like it’s a newborn baby. In conversations, I relate everything back to the Internet. “Oh, that’s great about you, but back to the Internet.” If I was eight-years-old, I would probably marry it.

What’s with my love affair with the Web (should I talk to my therapist about this)?

Charlie Rose this week held a wide-ranging interview with Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.

On the surface, it seemed a pretty tame affair, with Seidenberg dispensing corporate bromides that would make Verizon investors smile -- and Rose happily egging him on.

But behind the hype was a back story that should be cause for concern.

Congratulations, your activism against Time Warner Cable's outrageous Internet pricing schemes last month resulted in legislation today to stop them.