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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
by 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.