at&t’s top lobbyist, jim cicconi, sent a letter to all of the telecom giant’s 300,000 employees on sunday, urging them to express their concerns over a net neutrality proposal under consideration by the federal communications commission. check out his letter and comments on the actuarian outpost web site.
The letter was the latest move in a lobbying frenzy days before the FCC votes on a proposal to create new net neutrality regulations. High-tech giants wrote to the agency to support the rules, while dozens of lawmakers from both parties have protested the rules as potentially dangerout to economic growth.
Cicconi has criticized FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s push to strengthen and broaden rules for how Internet service providers treat content on their networks. Cicconi said such rules should not apply to wireless networks, which have less capacity than fixed wireline networks like cable. He has said that AT&T Mobility and other mobile broadband providers should not be strapped by new rules when it comes to managing broadband traffic congestion.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/10/att_lobbyist_asks_employees_th.html