The FCC voted to start the process of eliminating net neutrality rules

Re:The FCC voted to start the process of eliminating net neu... by orthecreedence on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:52PM (#14369959)

Jesus Christ, here we go again.

If you "free market" types figure out a way to get ten different companies competing on public fiber in 100 different cities across the US, then I'll finally listen to this argument. Until then, realize that there is no market. It's a monopoly.

Stop dismissing consumer protection with a wave of your magic market wand when you really have no idea what you're talking about.

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Re:The FCC voted to start the process of eliminating net neu... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:17PM (#14370200)

Local loop unbundling seems to work pretty well in the EU (at least we appear to get cheaper, better internet).

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:l...

This doesn't really help in low-population areas though, as there's little incentive for anyone to update the lines.

The result of the regulation is a mostly healthy market in consumer ISP service, which is weird.

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Re:The FCC voted to start the process of eliminating net neu... by trendia on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:58PM (#14370019)

I'm not sure what that commenter was suggesting, but one possible solution is to give the public the ability to vote.

Right now, the FCC has to receive comments from the public but does not have to listen to it. If the FCC were bound by the vote of the public, it would likely behave very differently.

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