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Do we really think that huge tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, whom are not ISPs, but could be significantly impacted
by iamleppert 9y ago
Do we really think that huge tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, whom are not ISPs, but could be significantly impacted by a less open Internet will let this happen?
These companies have collectively far more power than Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T and Verizon, who really have been reduced to a bunch of "dumb pipes".
These companies have proven time and time again they are incapable of creating either consumer services, content, applications, ecosystems, or hardware.
And as new wireless standards take hold that are far more powerful and easy to deploy, their control will be greatly weakening. When you no longer need to lay significant fiber or have a lot of last-mile infrastructure to consumers, what value or leverage could they possibly have?