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And people are worried net neutrality will mess up the internet with governmental regulation.

• Shivetya 12y ago
  however net neutrality isn't going to correct an issue he faces. his home is almost a half mile away from active service which puts the onus on the home owner. new subdivisions usually contract out cable laying; cable, electrical, gas and, etc. This cost gets embedded in every new home sale. Now I am curious why this owner hasn't decided to contract out the cable himself from house to an an appropriate connection point? I am not sure if his house is 2500 feet back from the road or merely 2500 ft from the nearest drop. I have seen many a farm where the main residence is quite a run from the street so this could be similar.
• gojomo 12y ago
  Net neutrality regulations don't help with this issue – and could make it worse, because new ISPs will face extra compliance costs. Also, if a potential new ISP has novel business model ideas (involving cross-subsidies from other service providers), their ideas may be made illegal by the FCC's rules. So the dynamic we have (and expressed to some extent in your comment) is: (1) Comcast is a crappy company that people hate/distrust; (2) Because of that hate/distrust, people support policies like federally-mandated net neutrality; but… (3) Such federal regulation, even when it provides some consumer protection, also makes the crappy monopolist even more entrenched and sluggish, as was the case with 'Ma Bell', the 60s/70s airline industry, 20th-century rail/truck shipping, etc.