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To The Co-Conspirators Go The Spoils

Surprise! Verizon and AT&T Win Homeland Security Contracts.

Verizon Business, a unit of No. 2 U.S. telephone service provider Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N), said on Wednesday it has won a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security worth around $678.5 million over 10 years.

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AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit of AT&T Inc (T.N), won a $292 million contract to serve as the secondary network service provider in the Eastern and Western region.

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Telcos censor anti-forced pregnancy text messages, just like they'd love to do on the Internet, if they get control of it

Why would giving the telcos control over the Internet by destroying Net Neutrality* produce anything more than massive suckitude?**

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Especially since you know that as soon as they get control, they're going to start censoring everything (Via)?

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