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The politicians are shaking down the large companies, but that doesn't mean the large companies won't win. There is very little cable competition in this country, largely because the big companies paid off the local governments to give them sweetheart deals, that were virtual monopolies.
Once they had secured their territories, the big cable companies kept coming up with excuse after to excuse to raise fees and keep out competition. You would think Republicans would be opposed to such practices, but instead in recent years they have consistently supported such anti-competitive measures.
The legislation that the big cable companies have lobbied for seems stalled for now, but in order to ensure that the net is accessible fairly to all, much more education needs to occur. For the most part, the media has done a terrible job of breaking down this issue for the public. They should start by ditching the term "Net Neutrality", and call it what it really is, a naked power grab by the giants of the cable industry.
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