>There is no doubt that the US will need to set up the infrastructure to keep pace with the rapid changes in usage and content expected in the future. I feel l

>There is no doubt that the US will need to set up the infrastructure to keep pace with the rapid changes in usage and content expected in the future. I feel like we've been here before. It's almost like it's 1996 again with the Telecommunications Act. Our infrastructure is bullshit and it's making the US economy fall behind its peers. No worries! Instead of actually directly fixing the problem, let's give away all the power to corporations to fix as long as they super-pinky-swear to meet infrastructure goals. Of course we all know how this ends - they didn't meet those goals, service stagnated even more, there was never any recourse, and we've axed the option to directly fix the problem. How convenient for ISP stakeholders in 1996.