EFF-Austin's free monthly meeting this Wednesday, July 6 (7pm at the Flying Saucer in Austin) features a talk by telecom attorney Scott McCollough on the potential AT&T/TMobile merger, specifically how it relates to the issue of network neutrality or "freedom to connect." In a letter to the FCC, EFF’s Cindy Cohn said this: “One of the major contributing factors to the risk of non-neutral behavior by carriers is the lack of sufficient competition.” EFF argues in favor of competition and against consolidation of market power. Cohn goes on to argue that “if the Administration, both the FCC and the Department of Justice, seeks to support a more neutral, more innovationfriendly digital communications infrastructure, it should use its efforts to assist in the creation of more competitors, rather than fewer. The merger thus represents a step in the wrong direction.”
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