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How about splitting the cable companies between content production and connectivity?

CNJ7654 7y ago
This, but with the additional stipulation that content production companies are forbidden from partnering with connectivity companies for promotional purposes (Think T-Mobile's binge on plan, where certain streaming platforms don't count against your data plan)
ng12 7y ago
What, and give up all that lobbyist money?
pb7 7y ago
Or how about even the portions of the companies working on infrastructure and the portion that interface/provide service to customers? Why can’t we have Comcast Infrastructure build out using those billions of tax payer dollars donated to them and then have an array of smaller players providing competitive service leasing out that infrastructure?
- Someone1234 7y ago
  It has worked in other countries. Essentially you take the "last mile" (from home/business to exchange) and either turn it into a full public utility or turn it into a private utility that needs to treat all service providers equally. You ban the private utility from also running an ISP on their own network. You'd still get service from an ISP (inc. Comcast), they would run the exchange side of things, rent space on the last mile utility (fee used for maintaining/upgrading it), and their competition would do the same. Competition would substantially increase, prices would fall, and we'd stop laying redundant cabling just due to "ownership."
- asr 7y ago
  This is basically how Texas sells electricity.[1] I'm not an expert on it but it makes a ton of sense. Of course, it may be easier to do this for electricity, where the fundamental technology doesn't change quickly anymore (as far as I know), than for internet connectivity, where we are still undergoing fairly rapid technological change, relatively speaking. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deregulation_of_the_Texas_electricity_market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deregulation_of_the_Texas_elec...

This, but with the additional stipulation that content production companies are forbidden from partnering with connectivity companies for promotional purposes (Think T-Mobile's binge on plan, where certain streaming platforms don't count against your data plan)

ng12 7y ago

What, and give up all that lobbyist money?

pb7 7y ago

Or how about even the portions of the companies working on infrastructure and the portion that interface/provide service to customers? Why can’t we have Comcast Infrastructure build out using those billions of tax payer dollars donated to them and then have an array of smaller players providing competitive service leasing out that infrastructure?

Someone1234 7y ago
It has worked in other countries. Essentially you take the "last mile" (from home/business to exchange) and either turn it into a full public utility or turn it into a private utility that needs to treat all service providers equally. You ban the private utility from also running an ISP on their own network. You'd still get service from an ISP (inc. Comcast), they would run the exchange side of things, rent space on the last mile utility (fee used for maintaining/upgrading it), and their competition would do the same. Competition would substantially increase, prices would fall, and we'd stop laying redundant cabling just due to "ownership."
asr 7y ago
This is basically how Texas sells electricity.[1] I'm not an expert on it but it makes a ton of sense. Of course, it may be easier to do this for electricity, where the fundamental technology doesn't change quickly anymore (as far as I know), than for internet connectivity, where we are still undergoing fairly rapid technological change, relatively speaking. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deregulation_of_the_Texas_electricity_market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deregulation_of_the_Texas_elec...