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They got fined $600k, the telecoms saved billions Pretty good deal if you ask me
by koboll 3y ago
They got fined $600k, the telecoms saved billions
Pretty good deal if you ask me
- captainkrtek 3y agoCame to write this exact comment. The press release makes this sound like a victory? Just call it the cost of doing business hah
- nerdponx 3y agoNY is corrupt enough that it might have been intended as both an underhanded victory announcement and as a public quelling measure to make people think justice was done.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- astrange 3y agoThose two things aren't related. This was during a Republican FCC adminstration and Ajit Pai would've repealed net neutrality even if every comment was for it. He doesn't care what public comments say nor does he need to. That not mattering was then canceled out by another not mattering, because California passed the same rules so they effectively apply to everyone anyway.
- jackmott 3y ago[dead]
- heavyset_go 3y agoIt's also about public sentiment towards the companies and their interests. Comcast, for example, as a long history of trying to silence its critics[1][2]. They want to make their critics look like a minority or as if they don't exist at all, especially when much of the criticism is grassroots and organic from actual telecom customers who are often stuck with a monopoly's service. [1] https://www.salon.com/2008/06/09/comcast_2/ https://www.salon.com/2008/06/09/comcast_2/ [2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/comcast-accused-of-trying-to-censor-anti-comcast-site/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/comcast-accu...
- astrange 3y agoDoesn't seem like it mattered here. Everyone noticed at the time, it didn't matter (because Ajit Pai doesn't care what you think), and there was no harm (because California doesn't care what /he/ thinks.) Comcast has been losing lately as more places have been repealing their municipal internet utility bans IIRC.
- az226 3y agoJust because the outcome would have been the same doesn’t mean we can just allow this to happen with not even a slap on the wrist. This should be serious jail time.
- json121 3y ago[dead]
- winrid 3y agoMore like, they paid $600k to make billions. Maybe <10m in operational cost? Legal for a fee. Amazing ROI.
- az226 3y agoWhoever was directly involved in this or who ordered it should go to prison. Like 10+ years minimum.