Verizon CEO Slams FCC, Wants Congress In Charge
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Hell no..
Net neutrality is great for consumers and small start ups..Time to have more competition and less monopolistic behavior from these giant telecoms.
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ZpikeMar 31, 2015, 2:00 PM
Yay, for the real capitalists! I've had my fill of crony capitalism.
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This is one of the sweet spots. This forces the larger telecoms to actually work for the consumers. If not, startups and these smaller companies will start witnessing a build in customer adds.
John B.
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Know what is best at forcing companies to work for the consumer? Profits. If they stop working for the consumer they wont find themselves profitable for very long.
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ZpikeApr 2, 2015, 12:59 PM
When you have a government endorsed monopoly and you are "too big to fail" profits are guaranteed. There is no incentive to either make a quality product or be competitive with your prices.
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So what your saying is the government needs to take a step back? I think we finally agree.
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ZpikeApr 3, 2015, 9:34 AM
Well, we agree on a step. But steps that allow crony capitalism to continue to run rampant are not steps I agree with. I could care less if we call them steps forward or backwards.
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Government getting less involved is how you get away from crony capitalism.
This is what crony capitalism is according to Google: Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials. It may be exhibited by favoritism in the distribution of legal permits, government grants, special tax breaks, or other forms of state interventionism.
When you have more regulation it opens up more opportunity for favoritism by creating more road blocks for businesses that the government can allow easy pass for their buddies while the little guy without government connection has a much harder time. Only taking away these road blocks will reduce crony...
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