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  zellamayzao, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 6:45pm

  
  

  this is what happens when

  The government works for money instead of the people. This is going to be more of an anti-consumer/ anti-competitive move than anything apple or intel or google would ever dream up.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 6:56pm

  
  

  i suppose you think it would be better if they hired garbage men and undergrads, right? when i want my car fixed, i take it to a mechanic, not a flower shop. when i want telcom laws to be pushed for, i dont hire a mechanic, i hire someone who knows how to push.
  
  for a smart guy mike you sure are dense at times.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 7:22pm

  
  

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  If former politicians are so easily bought out then why should I believe that current politicians are somehow any less easily bought out?

   

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  ChurchHatesTucker (profile), Jun 21st, 2010 @ 7:30pm

  
  

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  i suppose you think it would be better if they hired garbage men and undergrads, right?
  
  I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
  
  --Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 10:30pm

  
  

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  Then everyone would start changing their names and trying to lobby for Boston telephone directory rankings.

   

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  Bzzzzzzzzzz, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 8:31pm

  
  

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  "for a smart guy mike you sure are dense at times."
  
  lowercase coward thinks he is smart ....

   

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  DCX2, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 8:50pm

  
  

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  You appear to be making the mistaken assumption that government employees are competent.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 9:26pm

  
  

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  So by the logic of your false dichotomy, the world consists only of garbage men/undergrads, and blatant corporate shills. Interesting. I did not know that.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 7:06pm

  
  

  The perhaps it is the government that should be hiring those smart and experienced individuals so that the government *of the people* might pass legislation that is best *for the people* instead paying for the new yachts of an elite few.

   

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  USA CORUPTION #1, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 7:12pm

  
  

  isnt this how hte maffia works?

  yo bribe officials so yo ucan do illegal activity or get what your doing made legal?

   

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  Bob, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 8:29pm

  
  

  Well said Mr. Buckley,

  Well said Mr. Buckley.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 8:39pm

  
  

  better than the RIAA

  at least they're embracing change

   

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  Jay (profile), Jun 21st, 2010 @ 11:35pm

  
  

  Re: better than the RIAA

  Yes... Change only they believe in.
  
  the problem remains that everything that makes the networks competitive will be taken OUT of this proposed Net neutrality.

   

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  L, Jun 21st, 2010 @ 8:58pm

  
  

  I hate to admit but the telcos are doing a better job than the people.
  
  Is not they have more resources, is that they are better organized and very focused on what they want, luckily people have some powerful corporate allies.
  
  It was going to need legislation and this is a defining moment, free market doesn't do the job because those companies are able to root out the competition so there will be no competition while there is "exclusive contracts" to be made.

   

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  Jay (profile), Jun 21st, 2010 @ 11:37pm

  
  

  A few questions...

  How will these people allow new competitors?
  
  What will they do so as not to throttle the network?
  
  How will they make AT&T allow others to compete on the network?
  
  These are the very questions that I'm sure they'll make sure to avoid.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 22nd, 2010 @ 5:19am

  
  

  This is how the Republicrats want things: The government enslaved to corporate interests.

   

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  gorehound (profile), Jun 22nd, 2010 @ 6:06am

  
  

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  the republicans are just like my banker vice president brother.
  
  1.he hates gays/lesbians
  2.thinks global warming is a plot of the liberals
  3.supports business over human beings
  4.thinks obama wants to turn us into a socialist goverment

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 22nd, 2010 @ 6:09am

  
  

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  Funny, I thought the Democrats controlled Congress and the White House. But in the end it doesn't matter. Until they take corp money out of politics, our representatives will almost always favor big money corporate lobbyist interests before those of the people in their districts.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 22nd, 2010 @ 8:27am

  
  

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  Democrats are no better. Both parties are the same.

   

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  vastrightwing, Jun 22nd, 2010 @ 12:13pm

  
  

  Why the telecom industry loves regulation

  They love it because it keeps everyone out except the few who are already there. And of course, the ones writing the regulations are the ones who will benefit most from them. Yep, this all makes perfect sense. I just hope they aren't too tough on the consumers. We are the ones who end up paying for this "regulation".

   

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  Thomas (profile), Jun 23rd, 2010 @ 6:48am

  
  

  Why bother..

  to hire lobbyists? It's much more efficient and effective to just slip money/drugs/hookers directly to the members of Congress. That saves time and gets better results.

   

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  Contemplationist, Jun 23rd, 2010 @ 8:53pm

  
  

  Indeed!

  Is it really any wonder that telcos are now saying they may be fine with "net neutrality" regulations? They know that they'll craft the legislation themselves, so it will benefit them.

  Exactly, and yet people like you and others continue indefinitely to push for more regulation and "net neutrality." Whatever problems you can possibly imagine, I assure you a LOT LOT WORSE problems will be created if such legislation is ever enacted, or regulations ever created due to regulatory capture among other things. So, lets layoff the net neutrality BS shall we? Lets try to push for freeing up more spectrum so that different networks can be established, and compete with physical-cable-based broadband. Lets have network competition. Lets be patient. Lets NOT push for regulatory-legislative "solutions"

   

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