'Infuriating': Telecom Lobbyists Spending Big Money to Keep Gigi Sohn Off FCC

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'Infuriating': Telecom Lobbyists Spending Big Money to Keep Gigi Sohn Off FCC
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'Telecom monopolies are now terrified that the Sohn appointment won't just break 2-2 commissioner gridlock (they created) at the agency, it will mean the restoration of meaningful federal oversight.'

"Telecom monopolies," said one critic,"are now terrified that the Sohn appointment won't just break 2-2 commissioner gridlock at the agency, it will mean the restoration of meaningful federal oversight."Consumer rights defenders are warning that telecom companies and lobbyists are taking advantage of the U.S.

Heitkamp's group, the One Country Project, is claiming that Sohn has been insufficiently committed to improving broadband access in rural communities, pointing to congressional testimony in which she said Congress has been"disproportionately focused on broadband deployment in rural areas.

In addition to One Country Project's efforts, the League of United Latin American Citizens —which has long partnered with AT&T—published an op-ed in theSohn of having a"deeply problematic track record on media diversity issues."

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