Monday, February 20, 2006

� Revealed: Muni WiFi's enemy #1 is SBC-AT&T's #1 campaign contribution recipient | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com

� Revealed: Muni WiFi's enemy #1 is SBC-AT&T's #1 campaign contribution recipient | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com: "February 15, 2006
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Funny how some politicians talk about the virtues of "open markets," and "public-private partnerships," - except when those open markets and partnerships threaten the bottom line of companies and industries these pols seem to be partial to.

Some are partial to these companies and industries because of their authentic belief systems. While there's absolutely no evidence that Rep. Sessions favoring of big telecom is informed by anything but his honest belief in the private sector, it is interesting to note one of his major contributors in the last (2004) completed Congressional campaign and election cycle.

Take a look, courtesy of OpenSecrets.org:

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