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Seems to me that some of the "ignored" parts of Title II would have nonetheless benefitted consumers. Personally, I would love to see last loop unbundling for
by FreakyT 9y ago
Seems to me that some of the "ignored" parts of Title II would have nonetheless benefitted consumers.
Personally, I would love to see last loop unbundling for broadband.
- chriscappuccio 9y agoIt's amazing for me to watch the tech community go from the hands off libertarian attitude to full socialist over this issue.
- pdonis 9y agoThis reaction only makes sense if the situation without Net Neutrality regulation by the FCC is a reasonable approximation to a free market. It isn't. There is already a massive amount of regulation in this sector; it just mostly isn't regulation by the FCC. The big ISPs have cut sweetheart deals with state and local governments for monopoly access to particular areas; and when particular municipalities try to go around that by, for example, building out municipal broadband to be rented out to all comers at market rates, the ISPs have sued them and mostly won. Net Neutrality regulation by the FCC is certainly not an optimal situation; it's trying to make the best of a highly suboptimal situation because there is no feasible path to an optimal situation.