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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by neuromancer2701 on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:57PM (#9115031)
So the better question is how did we get to this duopoly?
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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by nknighthb on Thursday February 26, 2015 @03:46PM (#9115353)
By making it public infrastructure.

Remember, if not for an accident of history (cable and telephone services running over completely different kinds of wires), it wouldn't be a duopoly, it would be an outright natural monopoly -- a prime candidate for treatment as a public utility.

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