Re:An Open Letter to the FCC
by NHQ on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:15PM
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Regulations are not the answer, for the very reason that they will flip-flop with political appointees, and it amounts to people begging for what they rightly should demand.
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Re:An Open Letter to the FCC
by jasonwatkinspdx on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:15PM
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You realize that all utility networks are regulated and have been since the advent of electrification and telegraphs? There's no neutral here, it's a fundamentally regulated industry. Exactly what solution would you offer that isn't in the form of regulation?
The inconsistency in this position is prioritizing killing off net neutrality regulations while the thicket of regulations which cement the ISP oligopoly remain in place to be dispensed with probably never.
Re:An Open Letter to the FCC
by alexanderstears on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:30PM
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Oligopoly? Most people seem to be served by a monopoly.
My HOA requires me to use TWC, or get a fine which can lead to a lien. TWC doesn’t even exist in my part of Texas: it’s spectrum or ATT.
Re:An Open Letter to the FCC
by cookiecaper on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:27PM
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Spectrum is the result of a merger that subsumed TWC, for what it's worth. Your HOA just needs to update its paperwork. I'm sure a judge would see things your way if someone actually pursued you for failing to use a company that doesn't exist anymore.