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v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\"\/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--> <\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(241, 232, 224);\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"\">\n<td style=\"padding: 15pt;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"><br \/>             <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(155, 111, 63);\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-0kjupK.C0VA2.%405371722-DGXN4sUq3x3iU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read it on Precursorblog.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">Often   stepping back to gain perspective, and to try and see the forest for the   trees can be highly instructive. However, if one steps back to see the big   picture of how this FCC is attempting, unilaterally, to change U.S. Internet   policy, the view is <strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">surreal<\/span><\/strong>.   <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Increasingly, this FCC is becoming an island. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">It is insisting on self-asserting its exceptionalism         and its supremacy over the Internet; and <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">It is ignoring an overwhelming amount of important         and contrary input, advice and evidence from Congress, the Courts, DOJ,         FTC, past FCCs, industry and the public. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Simply, this FCC increasingly appears to view itself        as exceptional and as the supreme authority on and over the Internet,        unconstrained by Congress, the courts, law, economics, markets or the        public.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">Consider the avalanche of input and evidence that the FCC is   completely ignoring<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"> as it proceeded <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-P4Oa.LxnOlkdU%405371723-Cp1kzmiFyegHg\">yesterday<\/a>   with its <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-YwgdA8oPAOLsE%405371724-.PVoCkEmKMVkE\">announced   plans<\/a> to have a preliminary vote June 17th to enable iteslf to officially   declare broadband a common carrier regulated service for the first time and   to mandate its currently-illegal <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-KQZLL4bF3OKDo%405371725-m\/S3XGAg6PuTQ\">proposed<\/a>   open Internet regulations.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">1. Ignoring Congress<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: A majority of members of   Congress now oppose the FCC plan <em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">in   writing<\/span><\/em> (285 of 535) per the <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-yYr70FjOyNtT2%405371726-ZFEvK0T4sA4s%2e\">National   Journal<\/a>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Specifically, this FCC is ignoring the strong        majority of House members (245 of 435) who oppose its Internet policy in        writing; see <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-o5Ipcxnt0dREg%405371727-g1yKKtVHD2XAw\">letter<\/a>        from 74 House Democrats and a <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-T\/DX0NM5MtiqU%405371728-Rh7VuogfWl8Xk\">letter<\/a>        from 171 House Republicans).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">This FCC also is ignoring the &#8220;grave        concerns&#8221; expressed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-XdmD5oYBoHABY%405371729-2xaaZ8MSAj9dE\">letter<\/a>        from John Dingell, Commerce Committee Chairman Emeritus, the most        experienced telecom legislator in the House, who states that the FCC        likely will lose in court and that Congress, not the FCC, should make        Internet policy. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Many House members oppose FCC efforts to end-run         Congress by <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-jUEMa3BAMZjLI%405371730-OBLdSn5YK9T36\">essentially         implementing<\/a> legislation that was introduced in the House, but         never even considered by House subcommittee &#8212; the Markey-Eshoo bill (<a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-6XQYVLZGNBWAg%405371731-9B3GXlw99ycAs\">HR3458<\/a>).         <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">In the Senate, at least the magic number 41, and        maybe a majority, oppose the FCC on this too, given the opposition <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-erknSnR2hbSxo%405371732-TutGdKM.7dWA%2e\">letter<\/a>        from 37 Republicans and the fact that over a quarter of House Democrats        oppose the FCC on this.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">2. Ignoring Courts\/Law<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: It is instructive that the   FCC is <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-Fi\/jDQPv1.Vco%405371733-hon\/7gt8elrjk\"><em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">not<\/span><\/em> appealing<\/a> to the   Supreme Court the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Comcast decision that ruled   the FCC does not have the legal authority to regulate the Internet. This   implies the FCC does not disagree with the court&#8217;s legal judgment. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">In its own words, the FCC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-OvKrtBlTFPkPU%405371733-pi4aYLu4lzWEo\">thi<br \/>\nrd        way<\/a>&#8221; is a creative way to <em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">invent<\/span><\/em>        legal authority that doesn&#8217;t currently exist and that, in effect,        circumvents the normal processes of legal appeal or seeking authority        from the Congress. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">At core, if the FCC believes it can invent        fundamental legal authority all by itself, for itself, that is in direct        contradiction to existing law, it is effectively claiming to have        exceptional, supreme and supra-constitutional powers without limit or        constraint. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Top appelate experts from both previous Democratic         Administrations do not believe the FCC can invent its own legal         authority: see former Clinton Administration Solicitor General Seth P.         Waxman&#8217;s legal analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-F34rqm5SwEBzA%405371734-pZPSu.vFrzEX6\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>; and         Former Carter Administration, Assistant to the Solicitor General, H.         Bartow Farr&#8217;s III, First Amendment analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-hu0\/11TUUYi7Y%405371735-u\/uXHjVzQmPFc\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">The previous Democratic FCC Chairman Bill Kennard,         who also served as FCC General Counsel, <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-4d9Uc\/.31y0PI%405371736-EIx49lH44fa4o\">described         in detail<\/a> why applying Title II to broadband was wrong-headed and         unworkable. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Longtime FCC expert and former FCC Associate Bureau         Chief Barbara Esbin explains in great detail why the FCC can&#8217;t invent         legal authority this way; see her legal analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-UuHqMuYsq4Als%405371737-gUOeEkeLRrTew\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">The entire broadband sector is unanimous in its         detailed legal analysis, based on its collective experience and         expertise, that the FCC cannot invent new authority that does not exist         in law; see their copiously documented FCC filings <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-ZyxkM0ZlBqBRU%405371738-hWoABTIwndksE\">here<\/a>         and <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-x.Lh.Mp4PZ.gY%405371739-5\/W69qZIbPxF6\">here<\/a>.         <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">3. Ignoring Bipartisanship<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: This FCC is ignoring   the fact that all the major decisions that the FCC wants to essentially   reverse unilaterally were originally near-unanimous, bi-partisan   congressional votes &#8212; i.e. the 1996 Telecom Act and the repeated extensions   of the Internet Tax Moratorium &#8212; and unanimous (5-0) FCC broadband   information services decisions: cable modems (2002); DSL (2005), BPL (2006)   and wireless broadband (2007). <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">House Democrat Gene Green said the <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-LIobfoAPK5cGs%405371727-4K2GRCJrYfXsY\">letter        from 74 House Democrats<\/a> &#8220;<em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">clearly        shows it is not a partisan issue. A large number of Democrats have        reservations about such a significant regulatory shift and the impacts        it will have on jobs and investments<\/span><\/em>.&#8221; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Moreover, the two Republican FCC Commissioners,        Robert McDowell and Meridith Atwell Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-GBPrMEHSlyTU.%405371740-YUUHAp.7BhXF%2e\">oppose<\/a>        the FCC&#8217;s &#8220;third way&#8221; as contrary to law, existing successful        FCC policy\/precedent, and destructive to investment and jobs. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">4. Ignoring the DOJ<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: This FCC has also ignored   the finding of the Federal Government&#8217;s expert agency in assessing   competition, the DOJ Antitrust Division, which <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-JF5Wj5w0pOgig%405371741-2A.OMOv\/N9TtY\">rejected<\/a>   the <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-simYYMUIhck12%405371742-serT3xe663.h%2e\">FCC&#8217;s   market failure thesis<\/a>, making it very difficult for the FCC to argue   persuasively in court that the competitive facts have changed sufficiently to   warrant a wholesale reversal of U.S. Internet policy. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">5. Ignoring the FTC<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: There has been amazingly   little public discussion that the FCC&#8217;s proposed &#8220;third way&#8221; would   be a big power\/authority grab from the FTC.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Section 5 of the FTC&#8217;s legal authority includes a        common carrier exemption, meaning if the FCC declares broadband to be a        common carrier for the first time, the FCC would effectively seize        oversight authority over broadband providers from the FTC. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">This implies a serious rebuke of the FTC&#8217;s         competence from the FCC. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Most importantly, under the Constitution and law,        Congress decides which congressionally-created entities<br \/>\nhave what legal        authority over whom &#8212; not the FCC. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">6.   <em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Ignoring Economic Impacts<\/span><\/em>:   The FCC is ignoring overwhelming evidence and analysis that the FCC declaring   broadband to be regulated for the first time &#8212; after years of business model   evolution, innovation, and hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure   investment &#8212; would be exceptionally disruptive and destructive to the sector   and to the U.S. economy at large.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">See leading economic, investment and job impact        analyses: <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-ue3jQ7UJnuHLo%405371743-Q.WSwafAFQ5iY\">here<\/a>,        <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-9SKwmbNK4b48Q%405371744-iFW5DYjMDbtwA\">here<\/a>,        <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-45\/bB7LfkgExQ%405371745-vsLP6CEirZAek\">here<\/a>,        <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-9goMDhMG5bAXw%405371746-7Ayltsov.ZUV%2e\">here<\/a>,        <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-lq\/zzaBIslgZY%405371747-03A7Si0jzc2io\">here<\/a>,        <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-rrpFHCvhoWyEU%405371748-KtobVnIIjtVn%2e\">here<\/a>        and <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-xVsedbSvqo9mI%405371749-Gp1zRbeHVRviw\">here<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">7. Ignoring the Public<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">: An overwhelming number of   newspaper editorials around the country have opposed the FCC on this &#8212; e.g.   The <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-5Db7yqgHdQ.t.%405371750-ZGylKujhV2qQI\">Washington<\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-e8zJ5zP9hJfxo%405371751-sWGIuOUI.h1.E\">Post<\/a>,   <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-D6GwWJATN06z6%405371752-1v5yhDdHbzmLo\">Chicago   Tribune<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-fkaWefyzlJQ8g%405371753-3Nj.BwTcq.3S6\">Denver   Post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-zy3dfZ6s4Isyc%405371754-jZ4hI0qvgMhYE\">Detroit   News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-4tjIolukYJswI%405371755-q.MXsscHSkjsU\">Arizona   Republic<\/a>, etc.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Moreover, a <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-a7hfTO1eu3RjM%405371756-2rvaLbqNbcUNE\">national        poll by Rasmussen<\/a> found that 53% of Americans do not want the FCC to        regulate the Internet, 27% do, and 19% are undecided. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">In   sum, the evidence above is overwhelming that this FCC may think it knows   best, but Congress, the courts, the DOJ, the FTC, the market and the public   think it does not. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\n<li style=\"color: rgb(66, 43, 117); margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">The evidence shows this FCC is exceptional only in        its delusion that it should, or does, have supreme unconstrained        authority over the Internet. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">To read more analysis visit <a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-qk6TJ0UuXGoRU%405371719-uDxL7iJd1.pq%2e\">my blog<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\">Thanks,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(155, 111, 63);\">Scott Cleland<\/span><\/strong><b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(155, 111, 63);\"><br \/> <strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Founder &amp; President, Precursor, LLC<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(66, 43, 117);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/m1e.net\/c?55601709-LJKkfgtH7TBvs%405371757-c1XDX6TI1\/5fY\">About Scott Cleland<\/a><\/span>      <\/meta><\/meta><\/meta><\/meta><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A guest post worth reading from Scott Cleland, Founder &amp; President, Precursor, LLC: Read it on Precursorblog.com Often stepping back to gain perspective, and to try and see the forest for the trees can be highly instructive. 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