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Missing sentence fragment ".... in the US."
by memsom 13y ago
Missing sentence fragment ".... in the US."
- thwarted 13y agoWas there confusion over what the FCC has jurisdiction over? I'm sure other countries have FCC equivalents, but there's been a lot of articles on HN and elsewhere recently specifically about Net Neutrality and the United States' Federal Communications Commission.
- walshemj 13y agoUnfortunately the whole states rights issue gets in the way of having sensible national regulation in the USA. And devolving telecoms regulation down in some cases individual towns is just silly and is just asking for corruption.
- mcv 13y agoYou'll just get a different kind of competition. If some states choose to suck, people who want good internet may move to different states, and the sucky states will suck even more.
- r00fus 13y agoPeople won't move for better broadband. They shouldn't have to either. Access to the internet should be a utility much like access to water or electricity. Telecoms want things both ways - unregulated, but free to keep/establish monopolies.
- r00fus 13y agoIf a single entity (Verizon, Comcast or some RIAA-like industry group) is sponsoring similar rules rewrites across states to stifle competition, is there no way to stop them?