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The summary does sound reasonable on the surface. But read the whole whopping 73 pages. The regulations hurt small ISPs much more than national carriers. For e
by programmarchy 10y ago
The summary does sound reasonable on the surface. But read the whole whopping 73 pages. The regulations hurt small ISPs much more than national carriers.
For example, there's a Mom & Pop cellular-based ISP that serves my small mountain community. They could certainly be put out of business by this type of regulation after they pay for lawyers, IT services, training staff on new operations, etc. -- and heaven forbid they get audited by the FCC.
Maybe if the regulations only applied to national carriers, then you could argue this wouldn't hamper competition. That'd be something I could support.
- pseudalopex 10y agoThe actual regulations are about 3 pages, 2 if you respect your customers' privacy. The previous 70 pages include historical context, rationale, explanation of related regulations, even an overview of the OSI model. The FCC gave small providers a one-year extension and other concessions. And, as they pointed out, small providers generally collect less customer information and use it more narrowly.