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Is Broadband Internet A Public Utility?

Polly Mosendz | Nextgov.com | May 14, 2014

With the FCC nearing a vote about proposed net neutrality regulations, Chairman Tom Wheeler issued a series of revisions to the proposal this week. The most interesting revision that Wheeler offers is an examination of whether or not net neutrality is the jurisdiction of the FCC at all...

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Net Neutrality's Death Could Spark Populist Revolt

Ron Fournier | National Journal | May 6, 2014

With echoes of the Gilded Age, Washington coddles moneyed, monopolistic internet barons...If history is a guide, our generation's Standard Oil, the populists' boogeyman, may be Comcast, Verizon and/or AT&T – the sprawling internet providers who, like Rockefeller and his railroad co-conspirators, could monopolize the price and quality of indispensable goods.

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