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I am in favor of net neutrality but not sure handing more control to the inept FCC is the answer. Look how the effect of the previous attempt at government con
by patrickgzill 16y ago
I am in favor of net neutrality but not sure handing more control to the inept FCC is the answer.
Look how the effect of the previous attempt at government control/regulation (1996 Telecommunications Act) led to rapid consolidation of the ISP industry such that most users have only the choice for highspeed between DSL from the incumbent phone company or cable modem from the cable company.
Further, in spite of Comcast's costs for bandwidth, etc. dropping in the last 5 years, my price for their service has stayed the same or gone up (most would consider that evidence of there not being any competition).
- Retric 16y agoThe 1996 Telecommunications Act repealed regulation which was creating an artificial secondary market. That's simple deregulation, which is vary different from what your implying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996