Net Neutrality Rules Not Enough To Protect Web if Comcast/TWC Is Approved, Says Anti-Transaction Campaign
The FCC's open Internet order won't be sufficient for safeguarding the Internet if the Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal is approved, said a campaign opposing the merger headed by Comptel, NTCA and The Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance. "The merger would…
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give Comcast far too much control over our nation's video and broadband markets and more power and incentive to harm competition and choice in a range of ways that are not restricted by the Open Internet rules,” said the campaign called Don't Comcast the Internet, in a statement Thursday. That includes limiting competitor access to programming, limiting set-top box innovation, and creating barriers to new entrants, the group said. Comcast didn't comment.