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FCC Moving To Retain Control of Net Neutrality
An anonymous reader writes "The FCC is moving to take control of Net Neutrality once again due to public backlash over the issue, and plans to produce new regulation for broadband providers, as well as take a more rigorous role in their oversight. The details should be released on Thursday."
Or said another way: they're just politicians
Except that the FCC aren't politicians. They are bureaucrats whom aren't directly accountable to the people. Is it asking too much to think that the body charged under our Constitution with writing the laws of the land be the same one that decides whether or not the Federal Government should regulate internet services and in what manner?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Done right, the infrastructure itself should be put in place with as little unneccessary redundancy as possible and should be managed by a single, tightly controlled agency. This (like water, power and sewer) is the "natural monopoly" portion of the argument. Whereas the service that is supplied upon that media should be open to as many different and varied vendors as want access to the marketplace (dozens or even hundreds) in order to provide robust competition and therefore, the greatest benefit to the customer by way of traditional market forces.
We tried that in New York State with our power utilities. The local utility is called a "power delivery company" and you can buy power on the open market from "power supply companies". Guess what? We still pay the highest rates for electricity in the United States, outside of Hawaii......
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Yes, because railroads operate under the same economies of scale and have the same cost of doing business as internet service providers.....
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Eventually you'll wise up to the fact that power != internet service.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.