ACLU Study Wary of Broadband Providers

An anonymous reader says "The ACLU recently had a study done that suggests that broadband access is a threat to internet freedom. Their study focuses on the control available to broadband providers who don't have to deal with the same level of competition or regulation as ISP providers. The result is the ability to radically control internet access combined with the omnipresent corporate incentive for profit, whatever the cost to free speech."

Comments

Re:Profit

[Edmund Blackadder]

The problem is that you cannot use anybody else.

most broadband providers have a govt sanctioned monopoly.

And after the recent declarations from the FCC the little competition that was coming from small dsl providers will soon evaporate.

Summary is deceptive

[waytoomuchcoffee]

The ACLU did NOT state that "broadband access is a threat to internet freedom". This is a study on the problem of broadband monopolies being created in the cable market only, due to common carrier restrictions.