Comptel, others launch campaign against Comcast merger

A group of trade organizations are teaming up to lobby against the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.

Comptel, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, and the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance are launching the “Don’t Comcast the Internet” campaign. The new group will be called the Networks for Competition and Choice. The groups represent more than 1,000 companies, including Internet and mobile providers -- such as Google Fiber, Sprint and T-Mobile -- as well as content providers like Netflix. The groups are arguing the proposed $45 billion merger would seriously harm competition and innovation in the market.