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Re:Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast by Miredly on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:19PM (#17305691)
I still don't really understand how exclusive franchise agreements /aren't/ illegal, given antitrust laws.
Re:Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast by vertexFarm on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:32PM (#17305809)
Through insane amounts of regulatory capture. You could hardly hope to get government under greater private control with an overwhelming military coup.

We've gone far beyond reducing regulation to ensure that innovation is possible--we've restructured regulation to ensure that doing business is practical only for the major industry players who now write our legislation.