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Of course, Comcast is spending money to spin this:

https://twitter.com/comcast/status/857357059196452865

(Saw this as an ad in the mobile app.)

Does that mean they're actually worried?

It means they know they started to lose the obscurity advantage, and since now they are exposed, they resort to misleading the public, to reduce the impact.

Second part of their tactic is to say that Net Neutrality should be protected by the Congress, where they hope to have enough leverage to pass fake NN laws that don't protect anything, while pretending they support NN.

So if that happens, public will have to put a lot of pressure on lawmakers to prevent that outcome.

Well sure, they're protecting their interests. It could also mean customers have been calling them to complain and they want them to stop (calls cost money).

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