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Comcast Employing 40 Lobbying Firms to Get Merger Approved
Since the start of the year, Comcast has employed thirty-three different lobbying firms in their assault on DC in the hopes of getting their $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable approved. According to The Hill, the total of employed Comcast lobbying firms has soared to forty, most employing former government officials with ties to regulators. Comcast PACs have given money to all but three members of the Senate Judiciary Committee reviewing their merger application, and donated to 32 of the 39 members of the House Judiciary Committee that recently held hearings on the merger. If that sounds overwhelming don't worry: Comcast insists they're lobbying government for you, the people.

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karlmarx
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karlmarx

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Let the merger happen

But, then force the HSI to be split from comcast/nbc. I can guarantee you that the caps would go away if internet was NOT beholden to broadcast TV. Take away the incentive to 'kill' streaming TV over the internet, and you wouldn't have these netflix blackmailings and other things. Let comcast/nbc sell TV services, but, make the internet company only sell internet. The problem which will(has) arisen, is that comcast sees streaming internet tv as competition, and they use doubletalk and lies to force users to pay more for the bytes they consume. If they DON'T want to become regulated like the phone companies, then it HAS to be in their best interest to provide the best service for the money. Collusion happens, but it doesn't have to.