FYI Net Neutrality has been repealed. Time to say goodbye to the internet
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Darth Handsome
Not Nearly as Handsome as Advertised.
nukes
I Eat Buttholes Raw
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
Noone is saying the government should run the internet
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You are in the minority. I can cite sources if you'd like me to
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Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Yeah, all that competition where > 50% of America can choose exactly 1 broadband ISP will surely force Comcast to change their ways.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
I can choose Comcast or Comcast for broadband (> 20Mbps) where I live.
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
I've recently read that about 30% only has access to one. It's how things start.
FFS. There's areas all over MI where I'd be stuck with cell service for biz internet use at home.
For that matter, I've got farmer friends here who can only get super slow internet speeds here, 40 miles outside of chicago. They can buy netflix to watch on their phone with an unlimited data plan, but for cable internet? It doesn't exist. As wireless gets better that will change, but you don't need to penalize future new competition with massive regs.
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
I'd like to campaign with you but there's more than 50% of america that only has one grocery store to buy from and you're not exactly pussy hatting around town about that.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
The same regulations that Verizon said weren't decreasing investment in their infrastructure on an earnings call to their investors?
Yeah, ride that horse and make sure you get on the phone to the lawyers suing VZ about lying to their investors (which is basically the only people they're legally beholden to not fucking lie to)
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
The grocery store isn't a public utility, the internet is.
I, as a taxpayer, never paid for a grocery store's construction. I have, on the other hand, subsidized the buildout of network infrastructure in the US.
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
It's like you guys don't get how competition works. Yes the first guys charge more (investment recovery), but when others come in and COMPETE prices drop.
Back in the 90's I paid $75/mo for a 100 minute package of cell service before cost per minute prices kicked in. Today, it's unlimited, with unlimited texts, and blazing data up to 4gb, then it gets throttled down - all for $50/month. All due to competition.
Back in the 90's I paid $75/mo for a 100 minute package of cell service before cost per minute prices kicked in. Today, it's unlimited, with unlimited texts, and blazing data up to 4gb, then it gets throttled down - all for $50/month. All due to competition.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
A more appropriate comment would be about how most of America only has one ILEC for delivering telephony.
But the FCC classifies the ILEC as title II, the same way they should classify ISPs.
But the FCC classifies the ILEC as title II, the same way they should classify ISPs.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Nobody's coming in to compete with Comcast.
Why would anybody come in to lay cable when the ROI on a competitive market is smaller than what they could get by just buying up a competitor?
Darth Handsome
Not Nearly as Handsome as Advertised.
Your taxes probably have paid for a store's construction through some "social program"
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
So, "I got mine, fuck you" is your answer.In my area I get comcast ads all the time but they don't service my address. My subdivision only has two cos to pick from. Weep for me.
Welp, k.
nukes
I Eat Buttholes Raw
the lines are the problem. If comcast, or verizon has laid the lines, they are permitted to disallow any other company from using the lines, thus making competition impossible