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Thanks for this perspective. I've always wondered why the US tech giants, seemingly flush with more cash than most don't have more influence over policy.

• walshemj 9y ago
  There naive about politics which has caught out MS before over the anti trust issues and employment rights. ATT as an ex PTT knows how the political game is played like all big telcos do, ever wonder why British telecom has development centres in Scotland Wales England and NI ?
• mrguyorama 9y ago
  Remember that US tech giants are giant companies, and therefor often benefit from the things that are put in place to benefit tech giants. Netflix may have stated publicly that they wanted net neutrality, but they can afford "access fees" and fast lanes. A startup trying to oust netflix by being more nimble or some other innovation cannot
  • HankB99 9y ago
    >but they can afford "access fees" and fast lanes. Yes. They just pass it on to their users. When Comcast started charging then to remove the bottleneck a few years ago, it was followed by a price increase. Netflix is not even waiting this time. Streaming prices go up again in early January.
    • ac29 9y ago
      To be fair, Netflix has increased prices about once a year for the past few years, and all price increases were announced 6+ months ahead of time. This price increase doesn't have anything to do with net neutrality, it has to do with funding their increasingly debt-fueled content production.
      • mrguyorama 9y ago
        It's also possible that they were betting on net neutrality dying as well