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Nor could Google even do it. The ISPs are fighting tooth and nail against One Touch Make Ready policies and winning.
by striking 9y ago
Nor could Google even do it. The ISPs are fighting tooth and nail against One Touch Make Ready policies and winning.
- freedomben 9y agoBut that's the point of the article. The regulation that makes it even impossible for Google to do it, means we aren't dealing with anywhere near a free market that can benefit from competition. Perhaps we should address that regulation first before adding regulation to correct for results of other regulation.
- heurist 9y agoNet neutrality prevents ISPs from blocking upstart competitors. If we want competition, we need net neutrality.
- Dirlewanger 9y agoNN does not address the regulations in place that protect the incumbent status of existing ISP monopolies.
- heurist 9y agoNo, but it prevents ISPs from blocking upstart competitors. Without NN an ISP can slow down a competitor's site or prevent access to a competitor's website or any website that advertises them or any advertisement they might run. Will they do that? I don't know. It would be easy to hide under a cable package model, and I certainly don't trust ISPs to offer any consumer protection.