Ours? quite the assumption. Again, I have no doubt in my mind that the large Internet providers care little about consumers, and only about their bottom line. W

Ours? quite the assumption. Again, I have no doubt in my mind that the large Internet providers care little about consumers, and only about their bottom line. Which is fine. Thats what corporations do. Paying off people to get that, is what I'm disagreeing with, and this reeks of that. You were saying that they (the authors) were entirely wrong? Did you email the authors of the article? I hope so. Conclusions from facts has been a fairly solid method, that journalists (among others) have used to navigate through the understanding of many things, including the sheer amount of BS added in to bills, created by lobbyists on behalf of corporations. What do you make of the large Corps suing local municipalities over local fiber offerings? Was that for a better technical standard? or was that just plain ole competition stomping? I'm sure their corporate angle has not changed here. One standard (as you call it), means one office to subvert with lobbying. Why deny it?