Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by ocdtrekkie on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:35PM
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Title II actually exempts telecoms from FTC regulation. Rather than pushing for special-cased laws to mandate how the Internet is operated (which bans a lot of things I don't think are justifiable to actually ban), we should be pushing for a reawakening of antitrust enforcement. Anticompetitive behavior is already illegal, and the tools already exist, in law, to deal with it. Let's get the FTC back in the business of busting up monopolies and fining anticompetitive behavior, regardless of what industry they are.
Anticompetitive behavior is a problem that exists well beyond just telecoms, and getting back into trustbusting would do wonders across the board for consumers.
Google, one of net neutrality's principal backers, obviously is not fond of this approach.
Anticompetitive behavior is a problem that exists well beyond just telecoms, and getting back into trustbusting would do wonders across the board for consumers.
Google, one of net neutrality's principal backers, obviously is not fond of this approach.