The war for the Internet has never been hotter. The agreed upon merger of Comcast ( ) and Time Warner Cable is just one of the huge stories that has dominated the news cycle in recent weeks. Verizon‘s (NYSE: VZ) ongoing feud with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has been heating up alongside claims that the communications company is throttling data transfers from the video-streaming giant. Making the picture even more hectic, Google ( ) looks to be expanding its Fiber ventures as a reaction to power grabs from the titans of telecom. In many respects, there has never been a more pivotal moment in the information age.
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