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Still Little To Do About a Bad ISP
theY4Kman writes "The Washington Post reinforces the grim situation on Net Neutrality and limited ISP choices faced by Americans: 'The FCC's research shows that 78 percent of American households have access to only two land-based broadband providers and that 13 percent have one. Don't expect that to improve. Many competing DSL services have left the market, spurred by the end of line-sharing in 2005 and other corporate consolidations. A few months ago, for instance, AT&T elected to close its WorldNet DSL service. Meanwhile, technologies that were once promoted as alternatives to phone and cable-based services have flopped. City-wide WiFi access ... turned out to be a business bust. The power-line broadband that then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell lauded as having "great promise" in 2004 fared no better: Last week, Manassas voted to unplug its pioneering service. ... We have a situation full of lawyerly jargon, with risks that can't be dramatized by putting a sick kid on a stage. I hope you like your Internet provider, because you may be stuck with it for a while.'"
Let's not forget to add only one AC.
What makes you think that any legislation to come out of Congress will not be bad, incompetent, non-oversighted, half-assed regulation never intended to serve the customer? Because they have a record of passing such legislation in this or other areas?
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I know! I saw Fox News and they were saying that we could turn into them if we're not careful. I thought, "My God! We can't have that! Healthcare for all! Cheap and fast Internet access! Longer and healthier lifespans! Large breasted blond women everywhere you look!"
Thank god I live in the obese, sick, and exploited US of A!