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FCC Can Define Markets With Only One ISP as 'Competitive', Court Rules (arstechnica.com)
An appeals court has upheld a Federal Communications Commission ruling that broadband markets can be competitive even when there is only one Internet provider. From a report: The FCC "rationally chose which evidence to believe among conflicting evidence," the court ruling said. The FCC voted last year to eliminate price caps imposed on some business broadband providers such as AT&T and Verizon. The FCC decision eliminated caps in any given county if 50 percent of potential customers "are within a half mile of a location served by a competitive provider." This is known as the "competitive market test." Because of this, broadband-using businesses might not benefit from price controls even if they have just one choice of ISP.
WTF? Has the government been proceeding with their ears plugged for the past decade?
It's difficult to hear with all that lobbyist money stuffed in your ears.
Government can now declare fruit is a vegetable
Intelligence is knowing that the tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad.