> So the Justice Department broke up AT&T, then allowed them to effectively reform decades later, and somehow that proves that regulation doesn't work... I fai

> So the Justice Department broke up AT&T, then allowed them to effectively reform decades later, and somehow that proves that regulation doesn't work... I fail to see how this is proof that regulation doesn't work. Perhaps proof that America fails to apply anti-trust laws aggressively enough. The DOJ, if it chose to, could do a hell of a lot here on its own, if it wanted to. Hell, imagine if AT&T had just gotten nationalized outright! Every other developed nation in the world built out its internet infrastructure thanks to national structures, the post office is a public thing... obviously a bit late in the game now but nice to think about. Not to mention that mandating peering agreements is also regulation! I do agree that peering agreements are a very good and reasonable solution for when something is already built out though.