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FCC Considers Deregulation of DSL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the open-market-for-the-birds dept.

Phlatline_ATL writes "In an article on ArsTechnica, they explore the FCC's current consideration to reclassify DSL as an information service and as such would no longer require the telcos to lease out their lines. This seems like it would effectively make the telcos the exclusive DSL broadband providers." From the article: " So after six months to a year it would be goodbye Earthlink and Speakeasy, hello SBC DSL monopoly (in the case of Chicago, where I live). So the telcos would get what they want, which is no competition while the consumers get screwed. But it's perfectly logical under the FCC's definition of broadband competition, where they want cable to compete with DSL--and hopefully IP over power lines and WiMax down the road."

2 of 414 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Benefits of this? YMMV. by garcia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that the mean waitress?

    We had a waiter.

  2. Re:I don't see what's wrong... by Guppy06 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That infrastructure you refer to is on my land.