McCurry Draws Fire for Net Neutrality PositionAuthored by Ned Sherman on June 8, 2006 - 10:37am.
The LA Times reports that Former Clinton Whitehouse Press Secretary Mike McCurry has drawn fire from supporters of "net neutrality", including many on the left, for having taken up the cause of telecommunication giants who oppose legislation restricting their ability to charge extra to provide high bandwith services. McCurry was hired by AT&T, Bell South and other communications companies to promote this position, putting himself at odds with Congresional Democrats, liberal bloggers and companies like Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft who support legislation to maintain a level playing field. According to McCurry who has written about his position at The Huffington Post: "The Internet is not a free public good. It is a bunch of wires and switches and connections and pipes and it is creaky." tags: Microsoft | AT&T | Google | Legislation | Net Neutrality | legal | telecommunications | Mike McCurry |
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