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https://twitter.com/chunter16/status/531930877312638978Where I live there are in fact two wired ISPs (Comcast and AT&T) and two satellite (Exede and Hughes) all with similar pricing. I agree that the most basic answer to this problem is the reintroduction of competition, and at least this is a start to how it could work.
UPDATES: There’s been good discussion on Twitter regarding this post. I have added updates at the end.
Introduction:
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What’s going on?
The news of the day is that President Obama has announced that the FCC should reclassify Internet service providers (like Comcast, Time Warner, and Google Fiber) from “information services” to “common carriers”, essentially transforming them into something more like a utility (like your local Gas & Electric Company) than the competitive business you know today. The FCC is an independent agency, so Obama’s announcement isn’t policy, but of course the President’s words have weight and meaning.
The Problems
Of course, some readers are already scoffing. “Competitive business? What competition? Most local ISP markets are one-provider affairs. There’s no competition from the…
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