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> -----Original Message----- > From: BroadcastingCable > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May > 08, 2006 4:43 PM > To: Henry, James > Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality > > =========================== > Broadcasting & Cable ALERT > http://www.broadcastingcable.com > May 8, 2006 > =========================== > > B R E A K I N G N E W S > > Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality > > By John M. Higgins > Broadcasting & Cable > 5/8/2006 4:07 PM > > In a stark departure from the cable industry's public position, > Mediacom > Communications Corp. CEO Rocco Commisso decried proposed > "net-neutrality" rules Monday by saying that they keep cable > operators > from deciding how to "rent" their networks to Web-content > providers. > > "The government is coming and telling us how we can rent our > infrastructure," Commisso told around 200 cable executives at the > annual > meeting of the American Cable Association, a lobbying group for > small > cable operators, in Washington, D.C. > > The comments are very close to the controversial position of AT&T > Inc. > chairman Ed Whitacre, who has alarmed Web companies and consumer > advocates by openly declaring that he wants to charge the likes > of > Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. for access to AT&T's customers. For > more, click below (no subscription required) . . . > http://email.BroadcastingCable.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/eqVa0Mc4Kk0Olt0CoY60Ab > > > ================================================== > CONTACT INFO: > > Editorial: > John Eggerton (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > or call 202-659-3852 > > Advertising: > Larry Dunn (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) or call 646-746-6572 > > Customer Service: > PHONE: 800-554-5729 > FAX: 712-733-8019 > E-MAIL: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================== > > Your E-mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is in our > mailing > list. > You are receiving this email because you have either requested a > newsletter or a magazine from Reed Business Information. > > To view our privacy policy, visit > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/privacy. > > SUBSCRIPTIONS: > > To unsubscribe: > Go to > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/optout.asp?nid=2228&rid=186794611. > > To subscribe to our web site, our magazine or FREE daily e-mail > newsletter: > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/newsletters > > Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed > Elsevier > Inc. All rights reserved. > > >
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