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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...in-court/?mc_cid=fd6e6566fd&mc_eid=ac30b8596a
less government regulation is a good thing right? Well I guess it would be if companies COULD NOT lobby politicians and have it their own way (FCC chairman Ajit Pai even worked as a lawyer for Verizon..)
US internet is about to get a lot worse - higher prices + data caps + bullshit overcharges + shit coverage + shit internet speeds/connection
all that comes with market deregulation > you have 3-4 major ISPs that run oligopoly and dont traverse on each others territories
killing all regulation is retarded - and public services should be heavily regulated to avoid shit like this (you can get 10x cheaper and faster internet connection in shit hole Romania)
Led by Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC's Republican majority voted in April of this year to eliminate price caps in a county if 50 percent of potential customers "are within a half mile of a location served by a competitive provider." That means business customers with just one choice are often considered to be located in a competitive market and thus no longer benefit from price controls.
But after Republicans gained the FCC majority in 2017, "the commission illegally reversed course without proper notice and further deregulated the BDS market, leaving consumers at risk of paying up to $20 billion a year in excess charges from monopolistic pricing," Berenbroick said.
Fewer than 10 percent of potential customers benefit from price controls under the FCC's new market test, according to Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn.
CFA says its research shows that "half of the $40 billion in annual BDS charges are overcharges that are the result of incumbent... market power."
less government regulation is a good thing right? Well I guess it would be if companies COULD NOT lobby politicians and have it their own way (FCC chairman Ajit Pai even worked as a lawyer for Verizon..)
US internet is about to get a lot worse - higher prices + data caps + bullshit overcharges + shit coverage + shit internet speeds/connection
all that comes with market deregulation > you have 3-4 major ISPs that run oligopoly and dont traverse on each others territories
killing all regulation is retarded - and public services should be heavily regulated to avoid shit like this (you can get 10x cheaper and faster internet connection in shit hole Romania)