Cable and telecommunications giant Comcast has hired Washington, D.C. firm Farragut Partners LLP for lobbying support on a bundle of issues, including taxation, communications, telecommunications, government and consumer matters.
The world's largest cable company has tapped the recently formed firm, which was founded by former Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli and Berzok principals, for help with Net Neutrality legislation, the landmark initiative to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, as well as reform of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
Other Capitol Hill issues for which Farragut will lend support include spectrum reform, bonus depreciation issues, universal service, PEG programming, cybersecurity, program access, FCC reform, Internet tax, privacy and behavioral advertising and issues relating to broadband deployment and adoption.
Farragut founding partners Jeff Mackinnon, Joe Vasapoli and Jeff Mortier will handle the account. Mackinnon is a former legislative affairs director for the Interstate Natural Gas Association and legislative director for Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), Vasapoli is a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission special assistant and House Energy and Commerce Committee counsel, and Mortier was formerly a staff member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee under chairman Fred Upton (R-MI).
Farragut, whose key practice areas include telecommunications, energy and healthcare, in February signed T-Mobile to help the wireless giant push its support for the “Wireless Tax Fairness Act."
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