Earlier this week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler admitted that he “has not done enough” to encourage competition between cable giants. We have something he can do right now.
When Comcast tried to merge with Time Warner Cable last year, reaction was swift and negative. And here we are just a year later with a new mega-merger in the works.
To push massive mergers through, companies make it sound like their deals will be in the public interest — and in the best interests of marginalized communities.
From presidential candidates to local mayors, policymakers and politicians have declared expanding high-speed broadband access a national priority. Despite this near-universal support, affordable broadband is far from universally available.
While not every fight ended in a win for Internet users, 2015 was a year when millions of advocates defied the conventional wisdom that tech policymaking was an arcane and secretive world limited to a small circle of insiders.
A generous supporter has pledged to give us $25,000 so we can keep fighting to save Net Neutrality and much more — but only if we raise $25,000 by Dec. 31.
