"Opponents of net neutrality include hardware companies and members of the cable and telecommunications industries. Five of the biggest telecom corporations in the country—Verizon, Time Warner, AT&T, Comcast, and Qwest collectively lobbied $218 million to Representatives and gave $23.7 million in campaign contributions from 2006–2008."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
"All 74 Congressional Democrats that signed the letter to the FCC have received an average of $50,000 from phone and cable corporations. Representative Gene Green, who pushed through the Democrat's letter, has received $111,199 from lobbying by the telecom industry.
The Representatives that spearheaded the Republicans' letter to the FCC, Cliff Stearns and Joe Barton, have already collectively received over $177,000 in campaign contributions from AT&T, and $66,000 from Comcast in the last year alone. The other Republican signatories have similar campaign donation figures."
http://www.nthword.com/issue7/Net_Neutrality_Preserving_Democracy_Abby_Martin.php