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Telecom giants aim to dictate what can go through their wires and on what terms

http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/3682#.U6nWHZRdXTs

Warning: The virtues of the egalitarian internet are standing in the way of higher corporate profits! 

Imagine my surprise when Robert Marcus, COO of Time Warner Cable, reached out to me in March. I don't get a lot of personal communiques from Fortune 500 chieftains, so I perked up when Bob indicated he had a piece of hot, inside-the-corporation news that he felt I should know about. "Dear Valued Customer," his letter began, reflecting that corporate warmth and camaraderie I feel when I phone TWC's service center and am told--again and again... and again--to please hold, for "Your call is important to us."...