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How do you imagine the deregulation in this article will help competition? Specifically, that is.

seibelj 10y ago
By allowing upstart MVNO's to avoid arduous regulation processes. I am involved with 2 MVNO's that have been trying to merge for over a year, they don't have that many customers, and no one opposes it. Yet the FCC dragged their feet with no updates and no reason for the delay. This has real world, multi-million dollar consequences. The process is moving forward now since Ajit got hired. Armchair technologists read an article about net neutrality on arstechnica and think it's black and white. News flash - telecom and ISP's have been shaping traffic since the beginning! You think NetFlix has high quality video on shitty connections because they are nice? Wrong! They pay for the privilege.[0] I say, let the free market decide. The history of telecom is beyond insane. If you actually care about this stuff maybe you should learn more. This book is pretty esoteric but it gives the true history https://www.amazon.com/Great-Telecom-Meltdown-Fred-Goldstein/dp/1580539394 https://www.amazon.com/Great-Telecom-Meltdown-Fred-Goldstein... [0]https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401071892041790 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401...
- frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
  >By allowing upstart MVNO's to avoid arduous regulation processes. This doesn't seem that arduous to me. The article estimates regulatory compliance will only take 6.8 hours. >I say, let the free market decide. Is that not the point of this regulation? It provides more information to consumers so they are better able to decide. Free markets only work when there is transparency about what is being bought and sold. >I am involved with 2 MVNO's that have been trying to merge for over a year... This has nothing to do with the regulatory rollback in the article. >Armchair technologists... We can discuss without getting bent out of shape.

By allowing upstart MVNO's to avoid arduous regulation processes. I am involved with 2 MVNO's that have been trying to merge for over a year, they don't have that many customers, and no one opposes it. Yet the FCC dragged their feet with no updates and no reason for the delay. This has real world, multi-million dollar consequences. The process is moving forward now since Ajit got hired. Armchair technologists read an article about net neutrality on arstechnica and think it's black and white. News flash - telecom and ISP's have been shaping traffic since the beginning! You think NetFlix has high quality video on shitty connections because they are nice? Wrong! They pay for the privilege.[0] I say, let the free market decide. The history of telecom is beyond insane. If you actually care about this stuff maybe you should learn more. This book is pretty esoteric but it gives the true history https://www.amazon.com/Great-Telecom-Meltdown-Fred-Goldstein/dp/1580539394 https://www.amazon.com/Great-Telecom-Meltdown-Fred-Goldstein... [0]https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401071892041790 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401...

frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
>By allowing upstart MVNO's to avoid arduous regulation processes. This doesn't seem that arduous to me. The article estimates regulatory compliance will only take 6.8 hours. >I say, let the free market decide. Is that not the point of this regulation? It provides more information to consumers so they are better able to decide. Free markets only work when there is transparency about what is being bought and sold. >I am involved with 2 MVNO's that have been trying to merge for over a year... This has nothing to do with the regulatory rollback in the article. >Armchair technologists... We can discuss without getting bent out of shape.