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How Net Neutrality is Failing in the Legislature

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Friday June 09, 2006 · 8:47 AM PDT

2006/06/09 · 08:47

Yesterday BusinessWeek had a solid look at why the It'sOurNet coalition was failing to make headway in Congress. After reading it, the result of the COPE vote was even less surprising to me--it's worth checking out.

For those of you that don't have the time to RTFA, a quick summary:

The Cable and Telecom outfits completely outmaneuvered the big tech companies (Google, Yahoo, etc.) on K Street:
- Telecom's already had a majority of lobbyists on payroll.
- Many of the lobbyists that are being paid by the coalition couldn't work on the issue because of conflicts of interest.
Telecoms signifigantly outspend tech companies in lobbying cash.
The larger internet companies entered the fray late.
The majority of internet companies' 2004 campaign contributions went to Democrats.

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