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The only law should be a one liner repealing all existing telecom laws.

fahrende

May 25, 2010, 3:33 PM
How about using existing contract law and fraud law just like everything else and let the customers and businesses decided for themselves?

Oh I'm sorry, that would make too much sense.
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Researcher

May 25, 2010, 5:48 PM
Yep!


Can't have that!!
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Iknownothing

May 25, 2010, 7:05 PM
Yes that makes perfect sense if you want to abdicate your own voting power to ensure that you will be charged more for poorer services.
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CS2006

May 25, 2010, 7:25 PM
Somehow I sense either a misunderstanding or a distrust of a market driven economy. If something is as unpopular with consumers as you appear to believe contracts are then someone would offer a popular alternative and the rest of the market would follow in order to keep their customer base.

The reality is that the industry could not afford to grow and expand without the contracts. Without this financial model we would probably still be using either analog or maybe 2g phones.
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Iknownothing

May 25, 2010, 8:35 PM
Please understand, telecommunications laws apply to far more than the cell phone industry. In a world where we allow internet providers to also provide internet content some regulation will obviously be necessary to insure that those who simply wish to provide superior content will have access to the consumer, ie the whole comcast netflix etc... This is but one example.

With regard to your second point. It is a truth universally proven that a company may become successful by offering a superior product. Once that company is successful they will use any means to remain so. We must remember that the goal of a company is not to provide with the best product but to make as much money as possible. It is incumbent upon us as consumer citiz...
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CS2006

May 25, 2010, 11:36 PM
And the market does decide. Consider AT&T, the former company not SBC renamed and rebranded. They became stagnant and lost incredible amounts of market share to competitors who provided a better product at a better price. The same could happen to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. The consuming public is not a bunch of idiots. They are loyal to a service provider only as long as that provider is loyal to them.
There are two types of telecom companies, regulated (incumbent landline carriers) and unregulated (wireless, VOIP,etc.)With the former the state regulates the rates and they cannot adjust them without permission, the latter can change prices all they want without asking permission.
What we need to be careful of is asking the gove...
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Slammer

May 25, 2010, 8:44 PM
Wrong! History has proved that Science and Technology thrive to innovate and advance. It evolves from the human nature of wanting to progress further and explore newer, better means of living and enjoying the benefits of this progression.
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CellStudent

May 26, 2010, 8:38 AM
You, obviously, think that WIRELESS is the only form of telecommunications.

The cellular space needs less regulation because it is still extremely competitive. Cable and wire-line organizations, on the other hand, would quickly consolidate into regional monopolies.

Remember MaBell in the 1960's when it cost an entire day's wages to make a 60 minute long distance phone call from L.A. to New York? You probably don't.

Big picture telecom needs regulation- just less of it and better focus on major consumer abuses.
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fahrende

May 26, 2010, 12:04 PM
Ma bell existed because it was a government enabled monopoly. The label of being a "private" company was just that, a label. Do not be fooled by some of these semantic games that get played. The reason phone prices came down and became competitive was precisely because many of the regulations that allowed the original ATT to be the only provider were eliminated. Weather it is through direct legislation or through systems such as patent and IP abuse, true monopolies only exist in the presence of government intervention.

Look at even more highly regulated Europe and look at the fares that they charge. Yes you get free incoming calls, but guess what? Someone is going to pay for it(with more expensive outgoing calls). Looking at Europe...
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