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by:John
A lot of good that will do with the current Administration.
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by:Lucas Bishop
I'm curious, who is actually supporting the idea of killing Net Neutrality. There are a lot of sites showing who supports upholding the current rules, but is there a list of those who actually oppose it?
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by:Doug Walton
I haven't seen a full list, but here are some: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality#Arguments_against

Opponents of net neutrality regulations include economists, Internet providers and technologists. Among corporations, opponents include AT&T, Verizon, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Nokia, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Juniper, D-Link, Wintel, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Panasonic, Ericsson, and others.[82][160][161] Notable technologists who oppose net neutrality include Marc Andreessen, Scott McNealy, Peter Thiel, David Farber, Nicholas Negroponte, Rajeev Suri, Jeff Pulver, John Perry Barlow, and Bob Kahn.
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by:Lucas Bishop
Some of those names were actually slightly surprising. Last night I dug up another article showcasing some of the anti-net neutrality companies and how much they invested in lobbying:
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/lobbyists-net-neutrality-fcc/
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