Why Is Kevin Martin's Opinion On Net Neutrality Different When It's Comcast Than AT&T?
from the just-wondering dept
FCC chair Kevin Martin is well-known as a good friend to telco companies -- but that friendship has never extended to cable companies. That's why it's rather amusing to see him try to act tough against Comcast, suggesting last Friday that the FCC doesn't look kindly on Comcast's traffic shaping practices while just a year ago, he was telling AT&T that the FCC wouldn't stop them from doing the same thing, if AT&T decided it was necessary "for business reasons." Can anyone give a reasonable explanation (other than outright favoritism) for why Martin would hold cable companies to a different standard than telcos?
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(Just guessing)
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A la carte
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Looking for his next Job?
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I guess AT&T is paying them more?
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No surprises
He is the worst FCC head in decades, and deserves nothing but foodstamps when his time is up.
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Obviously...
Oh wait, did I say bribed? What I really meant to say was that AT&T made some political contributions. Yeah, that's it.
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Is he? Is he? Martin must have helped out Bush somehow. Yee-haw! Business texas-style!
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Wikipedia says he "served as the Deputy General Counsel to Bush-Cheney 2000, on the Bush-Cheney recount team in Florida."
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I thought what Comcast is doing is illegal and that the DA or the FBI should be involved.
I dont think it is up to the FCC to decide when to prosecute and when to look the other way.
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