Monstrous behavior. Society needs some safeguards. Letting old incumnents do what they want forever is an filthy disgraceful low place to be, especially for such a core utility. Living under this degrading pro-monopoly regulatory environment has been a major heartbreak of my life, and the people who should be doing something to protect one of our most prized embodiments of democracy- our ability to communicate with each other- keep making the situation worse.
Absolute travesty. Humanity getting beatten in the face with a stick by shitty corporations forever. The FCC backing them up. I dont even know if it's possible to get these decisions changed.
Alas the US is fucked. In 2004 the FCC agree to Verizon's ask, that FCC exclude fiber to the home because it was expensive to build out. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/technology/fcc-shields-fi...
It keeps getting worse. In 2020 the FCC exclude a variety of dark fiber & ds3 owners still subject to unbundling regulations, phased in over 8 years. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/08/2020-25...
Monstrous behavior. Society needs some safeguards. Letting old incumnents do what they want forever is an filthy disgraceful low place to be, especially for such a core utility. Living under this degrading pro-monopoly regulatory environment has been a major heartbreak of my life, and the people who should be doing something to protect one of our most prized embodiments of democracy- our ability to communicate with each other- keep making the situation worse.
This is 100x worse than Chicago selling the parking meter system to private interests for 100 years, which they recouped in 6. At least that was a limited area, at least that doesnt control speech & access (there are alternatives to driving then street parking). https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/5/26/23143356/ch... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34988984
Absolute travesty. Humanity getting beatten in the face with a stick by shitty corporations forever. The FCC backing them up. I dont even know if it's possible to get these decisions changed.