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So there's "internetworking, peering and transit contract negotiation", etc. And then there's "Comcast allowed to bundle internal video streaming platform with
by throwaway729 10y ago
So there's "internetworking, peering and transit contract negotiation", etc.
And then there's "Comcast allowed to bundle internal video streaming platform with bandwidth in order to compete against Netflix"
It's completely trivial for the FCC to allow the former and clamp down hard on the latter.
- jerkstate 10y agoEisenach wrote some papers on using existing antitrust laws rather than NN laws to punish anticompetitive behavior, which I think is reasonable. Apply the laws we already have, don't make new laws that prevent reasonable behavior.
- leereeves 10y agoAntitrust laws may not prevent bundling and other anti-competitive behavior. For example, Apple has so far been allowed to bundle Apple apps with phones, forbid any competing apps, and require developers to distribute apps through the App Store.
- cbuq 10y agoI see the main difference here being you don't need to buy an Apple phone
- leereeves 10y agoThe same argument would be made in areas where you can choose between DSL and cable Internet. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if satellite and wireless Internet were offered as evidence of sufficient competition in the market.
- vertex-four 10y agoIndeed - a 256kbps connection provides sufficient competition with a 1gbps connection in the eyes of the courts so far.
- diminoten 10y agoWhy is it trivial?