How the FCC got it 'bass ackwards'
If you have a broadband Internet connection, brace yourself: The monthly price you pay for it is probably going to soar. Been waiting for fast, always-on service to arrive at your door? Prepare to wait some more--a lot more.
That's all thanks to one of the worst mishaps ever to hit the Information Highway, a car wreck that's unfolding before our very eyes because the Federal Communications Commission was watching the rearview mirror instead of the road ahead...more [ZDNet]
Ahh, the joy of deregulation. The reason they did this is to protect the monopolys in Broadband. In the meantime they re-regulate a dieing market -- nice slight of hand if you think about it. The POTS (plain old telephone service) regulation will be meaningless, and the FCC knows it. In the meantime they get to protect their buddies in the Broadband industry. Remember, this is the Enron adminsitration...mj
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