As The FCC Guts Net Neutrality, Comcast Again Falsely Claims You Have Nothing To Worry About

As The FCC Guts Net Neutrality, Comcast Again Falsely Claims You Have Nothing To Worry About

7 years ago
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As the Trump administration guts oversight of some of the least liked and least competitive companies in America in one of the most brazen examples of crony capitalism in tech policy history, ISPs like Verizon and Comcast seem intent on insisting that none of this is actually happening. Verizon, you'll recall, went so far as to publish a comical video in which the company used a fake journalist to try and construct an alternate timeline; one in which Verizon hasn't been trying to undermine net neutrality and a healthy, competitive internet for the last fifteen years:

Comcast lobbyists and PR reps have also been having grand old time pretending that this blatant example of regulatory capture isn't real, and that the complete dismantling of telecom sector oversight won't have a decidedly-foul impact on already frustrated end users and the internet. The company has penned blog post after blog post stating that sure, the FCC may be gutting already flimsy oversight of one of the least competitive sectors in America, but users shouldn't worry because the company's tireless love of consumers will somehow carry the day: