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FCC Admits Mistakes In Measuring Broadband Competition

Posted by Zonk on from the admitting-there-is-a-problem-is-the-first-step dept.

techdirtfeed writes "For years, plenty of folks (including the Government Accountability Office) have been pointing out that the way the FCC measures broadband competition is very flawed. It simply assumes that if a single household in a zip code is offered broadband by provider A, then every household in that zip code can get broadband from provider A. See the problem? For some reason the FCC still hasn't changed its ways, but at least they're starting to realize the problem. They're now saying they need to change the way they measure competition. Commissioner Michael Copps points out: 'Our statistical methodology seems almost calculated to obscure just how far our country is falling behind many other industrialized nations in broadband availability, adoption, speed and price.'"

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  1. Seems eh... by Adambomb · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, that would make them the most naive member of the FCC they had? or is she just good at acting surprised...

    I look forward to the restructuring of the FCC after this where they purge the evil and the misguided statistics....because i'm absolutely sure that will happen.

    and no, i'm definitely not being sarcastic. at all.

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  2. Plan B by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Switch to Area Code

    1. Re:Plan B by Lockejaw · · Score: 2, Funny

      The house I live in has two area codes. I think this could be fun.

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  3. so yeas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    To answer your question, your agency does suck donkey balls...

  4. To measure competition properly by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    There should be a service provider olympics. Winner is the one who does best in most events, subject to drug testing.

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  5. Re:Mobile Broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh stop whining. This is no problem at all as long as you only send UDP packets with forged headers so there's no return traffic. Plus, since I'm charged by the number of bytes transferred, effectively disabling the ability to receive data saves me a lot of money each month! In short, disabling downloads is actually a benefit to the consumer of the fine and generous services. I don't know what you're complaining about.

    I hope you're not insinuating that maybe the company doesn't know what's best for you?!!