FCC Gets Monkey's Paw From Telco Front Group

FCC GETS MONKEY'S PAW FROM TELCO FRONT GROUP
[SOURCE: webpronews, AUTHOR: Jason Lee Miller]
[Commentary] Another look at the Hands Off the Internet (HOTI) calling on the FCC to investigate Comcast for violating the four principles of Network Neutrality. What's interesting about the letter is not just what is between the lines, but also how it plays on Martin's philosophical inconsistencies. They use his own words to the Senate Commerce Committee against him to drive home just how extensive the FCC's authority over Internet service providers is (or vice versa). Another inconsistency to leverage: Martin's reluctance to regulate or interfere with telecom giants, but full willingness to get his hands dirtied with cable providers. But what is most elegant about the HOTI letter is that it subtly mirrors a couple of very pro-telecom objectives: It puts additional heat on a very large competitor in the Internet and television space (the telecoms are beginning to offer TV); and it appears pro-Net Neutrality in an increasingly pro-Net Neutrality time without actually being so. Smell that? It's opportunism.
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