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I am not from US, but isn't the problem the local ISP monopolies? Having 6,7 ISPs where I live using 4 different technologies (broadband, lan, optics and mobil

• eqtn 9y ago
  They will form a cartel
• betterunix2 9y ago
  That is the alternative way to achieve the desired outcome. The thing is, to get real competition, we need to have regulation on ISPs as well -- line sharing rules. We used to have line sharing rules for DSL service, and back then we had dozens of competing services and few regions where competition was scarce. Then one day the line sharing rules were dropped and almost overnight we wound up with the situation we have today, with local monopolies or duopolies throughout the country. Sadly, Pai's proposal does not have any concrete plan for increasing competition, and mostly seems to be based on the false assumption that there is already an ISP market in America (i.e. that Americans can choose among several ISPs). His only proposal so far, separate from the net neutrality rollback, to improve competition is to streamline the process for attaching cables to utility poles, which is not even close to enough to create a competitive ISP market.