Quotes by Jeff Chester

“This is bad news for consumers and competitors, ... We are losing competition and some diversity.”

“Clearly Parsons and top management are desperate,”

“This is the owners manual that theyre providing to the cable industry to monopolize the Internet.”

“Unfortunately theres this gold rush mentality to bring these products to market,”

“[Its] not surprising, ... given that advertising is the business model.”

“There needs to be a clear national standard.”

“Steve Case is the Benedict Arnold of the digital age,”

“Dropping the AOL from its corporate name is their version of joining a federal witness protection program where youre given a new identity. But playing the name game wont help the company. If there is such a thing as conglomerate bad karma, AOLTW is getting what it deserves.”

“Now they (consumers and competitors) will have to go through a celestial gatekeeper who will decide what the prices and terms will be for both programmers and content providers.”

“With lucrative industry employment ahead of them, FCC chairs — and most commissioners — have a built-in conflict of interest, ... They simply cant take the independent positions necessary to fulfill their responsibilities to the public and to the public interest.”