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Any law regulating last mile could potentially conflict with the telcos property rights and might actually be unconstitutional(despite the fact that to some ext

Any law regulating last mile could potentially conflict with the telcos property rights and might actually be unconstitutional(despite the fact that to some extend US was founded to get away from the communications monopoly of the British East India company). Europe gets around this by the fact that all of the telcos i descended from a state monopoly and bound by contract to behave like a common carrier and allow 3rd party raw cable access.

studentrob 9y ago
Yes I think Americans are still pretty aware of not wanting to fall prey to too many monopolies. I realize a constitutional amendment protecting open internet access is a moon shot, particularly under this admin, but, what else can we do but speak our minds on how this rollback of net neutrality may negatively impact education and communication in the future? We still have our vote, and we can try to make this an issue over time, perhaps many many more years.