Guy Who Signed 'XYZ Corp.' Astroturf Letter... Worked As Telco P...

Courtesy Techdirt  Mon, 10/26/2009 - 04:00

So, remember last week when we wrote about how anti-net neutrality lobbyists from AT&T had crafted astroturf letters for various "special interest groups" to sign -- but someone forgot to remove the boilerplate "XYZ Organization" in the first paragraph?

We also noted that there was little evidence that the group -- the Arkansas Retired Seniors -- actually existed.

However, Matt Cutts did a bit of digging and found that the name of the guy who signed the letter...

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