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FCC's Powell On Monopolies

Posted by Hemos on from the contentious-issue dept.

A reader writes: "According to this Washington Post article, the FCC's Michael Powell wants to do via rulemaking what Congress wouldn't - give a big wet kiss to the Baby Bells. Proposed rules would exempt future investments in broadband from unbundling requirements that make competitive local exchange carriers like Covad viable, instead considering (pretending?) that cable, satellite, DSL, and whatever future broadband the Bells choose to deploy are sufficient competition. Says Powell: "our greatest challenge in promoting broadband is deciding how best to stimulate enormous private sector investment." Consumer advocates are of course not amused."

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  1. fuck you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are all turds

    1. Re:fuck you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you are all turds

      OMG, did you ever BOTHER reading the article?!? HMMM!? I hate your kind of people that reads the short, immediately thinking you know everything there is to know about the subject. I mean c'mon... what's it take, 5 minutes to skim it over? Please go that extra mile to do a little research first next time.

  2. yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got that.

    AC in tha hizouse!

    love,
    -PGG

  3. blah by TheBensE · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blah

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  5. Re:Regional monopolies BAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what do you have against religion, asshole? you atheists are terrorists who are tearing this county apart. you will all burn in hell for this.

  6. A disaster! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Goddamnit!

    The US hockey team trashed us yesterday! Oh, the shame!