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  • The telcoms are the ones trying to break something that isn't broken.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • Unlike the major telcoms Verizon Communications Inc. and AT & T Inc., both businesses lack a wireless business, which has been the primary source of revenue growth for the telecom industry.

    CenturyLink, Qwest Post Sales Declines Roger Cheng 2010

  • Every time I think about moving back to Canada some day, I remind myself of how miserable the national Internet infrastructure is -- and how awful the big telcos are, and how weak-kneed and ass-licking the telcoms regulator is -- and I realize I can't possibly move home.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Bush has promised to veto any version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that fails to immunize the telcoms, but if he does not sign this bill, the ability of law enforcement entities to conduct surveillance will be severely curtailed.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • You should apply for a job in airport security so you can save us all from terrorists. the telcoms acted in good faith

    Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer 2009

  • If you think the telcoms have a strong defense, you should probably wander over to EFF and see what they think.

    Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer 2009

  • Specter to (per Electronic Frontier Foundation) "allow the court to deny telcoms immunity if it found that the government's surveillance activities were unconstitutional"; 60 votes needed.

    A Time-line Of Obama's Statements On FISA 2009

  • They voted to give amnesty to telcoms without knowing what law they broke.

    Obama Doesn't "Take Fox On," After All 2009

  • Thank you Senator Dodd for your courage and conviction in standing up against giving telcoms retroactive immunity.

    Poll: Obama More Electable Than Hillary 2009

  • Like the Hoyer provisions for reports on the telcoms.

    Behind The Scenes, Liberals Ponder Supporting FISA Legislation 2009

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