House leadership questions industry for taking it lying down on network neutrality
March 3, 2011
House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) convened a meeting of top communications companies, where he, House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) questioned why they are not doing more to help Republicans in the fight against network neutrality rules. Participants included Peter Davidson of Verizon, Tim McKone of AT&T, Steve Largent of CTIA, Walter McCormick of U.S. Telecom, Kyle McSlarrow of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Comcast, and Time Warner Cable, according to industry sources.
House leadership questions industry for taking it lying down on network neutrality