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How can you reconcile this view with the new Google where "wireless is already very competitive so no need for regulations"? How is that not giving in?

• spot 16y ago
  that's not a view, it's a simple matter of history. as for the future they say: "for now, while Congress keeps a watchful eye."
• gbhn 16y ago
  Are these rules on the 700MHz spectrum not going to take effect? I've seen nothing that suggests that's the case. Certainly a policy proposal doesn't have the force necessary to change these rules. If anything, those rules are evidence that wireless will become more open over time.
• yoden 16y ago
  As they clearly state, they can't see enough reason to force regulation yet. And with at least double the number of providers (far more if you count resellers) compared to landlines (USA-centric view), they're right. Now, you can still argue that despite competition mobile internet needs regulation. But that's a much tougher argument to make.
  • nanairo 16y ago
    What? So a few years ago Google believes that wireless needs to be kept open, makes a big bet and succeeds in ensuring as much. Nowadays instead it does not require regulation because there's plenty of competition. What has changed in the last few years to make Google change their mind? Have the number of wireless competitors gone up? From what I heard you (=Americans) are ending up with 2 large wireless companies (AT&T and Verizon), and a couple of little ones. If anything competition has decreased. And yet Google feels regulation is not necessary anymore.