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I think one could argue that there hasn't really been a regulatory opening for any serious moves against net neutrality in the home broadband market. The FCC re
by resfirestar 6y ago
I think one could argue that there hasn't really been a regulatory opening for any serious moves against net neutrality in the home broadband market. The FCC repealed the Obama-era rules in June 2018. Comcast/Xfinity was still under merger conditions binding it to net neutrality principles until that September, and had to make a show of assuring the FCC it wouldn't make any anticompetitive moves to avoid having the conditions extended. Charter/Spectrum remains under merger conditions forbidding data caps, which would be needed if they wanted to bill for data unequally, until 2023. So two of the major players with the most to gain haven't been in a position to try mobile-style throttling, and even if other companies considered it there was a possibility (now a reality) that around the time they finished rolling out any change there could be a new administration hostile to their plans and happy to use an already unpopular cable company as a villain.