Re:Join the Battle for Net Neutrality
by veidr on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:48AM
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You are right that it's an oversimplification.
And you are right that real competition between Internet providers would solve the problem, better than net neutrality regulations do.
However, the most important point is that we have net neutrality rules right now.
The chance of somehow achieving meaningful competition between Internet providers in the United States is vanishingly, infinitesimally small.
The actual conversation isn't "net neutrality vs. competition", it's "oligopoly with some restrictions imposed on their behavior vs. unfettered oligopoly".
And you are right that real competition between Internet providers would solve the problem, better than net neutrality regulations do.
However, the most important point is that we have net neutrality rules right now.
The chance of somehow achieving meaningful competition between Internet providers in the United States is vanishingly, infinitesimally small.
The actual conversation isn't "net neutrality vs. competition", it's "oligopoly with some restrictions imposed on their behavior vs. unfettered oligopoly".