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Well, the author is a pro telcom lawyer and law professor at UPenn. Here's an amicus brief he filed asking the court of appeals to reconsider their order classifying ISPs as telecom services (net neutrality):

https://www.ustelecom.org/sites/default/files/documents/15-1...

His foundation is supported by telecom money:

https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/ctic/about-ctic.php

Techcrunch should reclassify this story as an opinion piece, or delete it.