| Consumer groups; the unions; & public officials on Board too »Here Comes The Connected Nation Sales PitchHowever, with a board of directors stocked with some of the biggest lobbying names in telecom, critics argue the group's real goal is to actually prevent more substantive reform, and derail more accurate mapping efforts that highlight deployment and competitive shortcomings. That statement purposely overlooks all the others on the Board of Directors too to make a point. An invalid point.
I suppose all the other Board members will standby and let the broadband ISPs railroad the process without going public? I don't think so. I really don't think the CWA(who is on the board) will let that happen. And I don't think the rep for the Assoc of State CIOs will let that happen. And there are other groups represented that are usually in opposition to the ISPs.
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3 edits | That statement purposely overlooks all the others on the Board of Directors too to make a point. An invalid point. All the other what...pseudo-consumer groups, trade partners and lobbying groups co-opted to pretend this is a consumer-oriented endeavor? Like The "National Consumers League," whose former chair and current board member is Sam Simon of Issue Dynamics, a PR firm paid millions by AT&T and Verizon to distort policy? Their partner page is a who's who list of telecom lobbying firms and their co-opted lobbying friends.
You do know that lobbying experts now use "legitimate" groups to push company agendas under the guise of consumer advocacy, yes? Even the National Association of the Deaf, concerned about getting big cash donations every year from Verizon, acts like a Verizon bullhorn on tech policy and lobbying issues, regardless of whether those positions benefit their constituents.
Americans need to wise up to some of this stuff. Sooner, rather than later. |
