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Thanks for the links. I haven't read through all of them, but my first impression is that Pai is underestimating the impact of structural changes in the ISP in
by ScottBurson 9y ago
Thanks for the links. I haven't read through all of them, but my first impression is that Pai is underestimating the impact of structural changes in the ISP industry. He keeps saying he wants to go back to how things were in the 1990s, but I don't think that's possible. The degree of industry consolidation, and of regulatory capture by the largest ISPs, have changed the landscape, and the approach that worked well until maybe 2007 won't necessarily work anymore.
I do appreciate that he's at least trying to increase infrastructure investment, and I guess I'll have to think some more before I have an opinion on whether the proposed rules are likely to do that. I do know of one small ISP that supports his approach.
As others have said here in discussions like this one, I think that net neutrality is something of a second choice. What we really need is meaningful competition among ISPs. I would be happy if we could take all this political energy being spent opposing Pai and channel it instead toward removing barriers to municipal broadband.