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3 ISPs Have Spent $572 Million to Kill Net Neutrality Since 2008
A study by Maplight indicates that for every one comment submitted to the FCC on net neutrality (and there have been roughly 5 million so far), the telecom industry has spent $100 in lobbying to crush the open internet. The group found that Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) have spent $572 million on attempts to influence the FCC and other government agencies since 2008.
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What would have happened if they spent the half that amount in offering a better service?
Yeah,I thought that as well. Amazing things that they don't care about implementing.
And this is the problem. Stupid people with lots of money can only think of bribing other stupid people, instead of thinking of productive, smart ways to spend the money.