FCC Commissioner Pai Breaks Rank, Rails Against Net Neutrality
Reduce Competition?
Not sure exactly how you can "reduce competition" in an environment where 4 mega corps hold all the consumers. All 4 of those companies are "too big to fail" to the point where they wouldn't let 2 of them merge. For the wireless side anyway.
More importantly is the wired side broadband. We have 1-2 providers per area, with 0 competition in most cases. Please. REDUCE COMPETITION BELOW 0.
More importantly is the wired side broadband. We have 1-2 providers per area, with 0 competition in most cases. Please. REDUCE COMPETITION BELOW 0.
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It is because, like most regulations, smaller companies usually cannot afford to implement them due to the financial burden. So, in effect, these regulations end up benefitting those bigger companies by eliminating potential competition before it even starts. Just look at some if these fines imposed on the carriers in the last few months...hundreds of millions of dollars. That would crush any smaller business but is virtually chump change to the bigger corporations. Bottom line...the government likes to pick winners and losers and individuals are not supposed to succeed.
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That doesn't apply here, since in this case (in most places) there is quite literally no competition because these companies have exclusive line contracts devised before Starting a municipal was considered realistic. These were designed to give providers reason to invest in long term infrastructure upgrades to the benefit of all. Now that the majority have declined to do so, reclassification is the best option to ensure other companies can start up with fewer ways for the elephant in the room to push them out.
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