Say YES to net neutrality. Sign the petition on Internet Slow Down Day.. What it would mean if Comcast and other gate keepers if allowed to fast track their content i.e. and the rest have to pay for having their content continue to flow the way we have received thus far the content i.e. net neutrality. Netflix has already been forced to pay Comcast a higher rate so they are not slowed down in providing services to their membership. Little knowledge for all, very chillin: With $18.8 million spent in 2013, Comcast has the seventh largest lobbying budget of any individual company or organization in the United States.[39] Comcast employs multiple former US Congressmen as lobbyists.[40] The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, which has multiple Comcast executives on its board, also represents Comcast and other cable companies as the fifth largest lobbying organization in the United States, spending $19.8 million in 2013.[39] Comcast was among the top backers of Barack Obamas presidential runs, with Comcast vice president David Cohen raising over $2.2 million from 2007 to 2012.[41][42] Cohen has been described by many sources as influential in the US government,[43] though he is no longer a registered lobbyist, as the time he spends lobbying falls short of the 20% which requires official registration.[44] Comcasts PAC, the Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Political Action Committee, is the among the largest PACs in the US, raising about $3.7 million from 2011-2012 for the campaigns of various candidates for office in the United States Federal Government.[45] Comcast is also a major backer of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association Political Action Committee, which raised $2.6 million from 2011-2012.[46][47] Comcast spent the most money of any organization in support of the Stop Online Piracy and PROTECT IP bills, spending roughly $5 million to lobby for their passage.
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