| His Entire Premise is Stupid First, it is an FCC docket where the companies who are directly impacted by the proposed regulations are much more likely to file. So his sample certainly doesn't include all of the pro-net neutrality businesses who will be impacted by a closed Internet.
Second, it is a stupid apples to oranges comparison anyways. Telecom companies are by definition a very labor intensive industry, while Web, software, and applications companies are not. This is that little concept called "efficiency" that supposedly is supposed to be something we should all care about.
Third, Swanson neglects to mention that ever since the FCC gutted the telecom act and allowed massive mergers, telco jobs have been cut dramatically. Now some of this is due to efficiencies (fiber is cheaper to maintain than copper), but some of it is due to the nature of the business. This is not something net neutrality will have any impact on.
Fourth, Swanson and his ilk always neglect to mention that the entire point his paymasters want to kill net neutrality is so they can profit from creating artificial bandwidth scarcities. The entire point of their opposition to openness is so they can reduce cap ex and operating expenses.
Fifth, Swanson is a coward for not even allowing comments on his Huffington Post, though since they are author-moderated, it is doubtful he would let any contrarian comments in anyways.
AT&T is really getting desperate in their shilling. |
