For the last several years AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon have gotten anything they wanted from the federal government.
- They have ignored past promises and refused to deliver more than a trickle of broadband to customers.
- They have been given a monopoly on DSL, with competitors thrown out by courts and regulators.
- They have been allowed to merge willy-nilly, putting the old Bell System back together again, this time without regulation.
- They have been allowed to steal frequencies intended for small businesses through dummy corporations.
- They have been supported in efforts to blackmail large Web businesses and destroy network neutrality, the guiding principle of the Internet.
Why? Why was this corruption allowed? Why was this theft not checked?
Just remember that the Clinton administration was in favor of both this sort of NSA spying and uncontested mergers and telco favors. If anything, this lends even more credence to the theory.
Just remember that the Clinton administration was in favor of both this sort of NSA spying and uncontested mergers and telco favors. If anything, this lends even more credence to the theory.
Uh, yeah right dude. NSA is exec branch and congress is not. And you know how this administration loves to keep the congress updated on its activities — NOT.
Uh, yeah right dude. NSA is exec branch and congress is not. And you know how this administration loves to keep the congress updated on its activities — NOT.
Corruption is not limited to one branch, nor to one party. Yet there it is: quid pro quo.
Corruption is not limited to one branch, nor to one party. Yet there it is: quid pro quo.
This is ABSOLUTELY true. That was the deal, unlimited ability to spy on Americans traded for unrestricted monopoly. I heard it from the executive board.
This is ABSOLUTELY true. That was the deal, unlimited ability to spy on Americans traded for unrestricted monopoly. I heard it from the executive board.