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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by lutorm on Monday February 02, 2015 @02:30PM (#8986286)
You used to be able to choose. Then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis happened.
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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by bsder on Monday February 02, 2015 @02:44PM (#8986391)
You need to point out that it was Enron causing the problem, not everybody has the context anymore of how badly they screwed California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron

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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by gadders on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @11:12AM (#8991129)
Not wholly. Poor government intervention caused the problem as well.
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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by bsder on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @02:05PM (#8992454)
Poor government intervention meaning "not doing a damn thing" then, yeah, you're right.
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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by gadders on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @12:41PM (#8998241)
No, it meant capping retail prices and letting wholesale ones float. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis#G...
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