Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote
by chaostheory on Thursday February 26, 2015 @06:19PM
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well there was one attempt by Clinton to have the gov fund increased capacity... and the telecoms just ended up taking the money without doing anything
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_0026...
I believe the Obama admin tried it again. I don't know the full result, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened.
And there's been lots of no compete agreements among these ISPs and I'm sure there's other examples out there where the "competition" makes it better for all of them at the expense of consumers.