| a mix most foul This is a fine example of what hapenst when big government regulations mixes with nearsighted big cooperate bureaucracy. Freedomworks is a free market think tank that is fighting for low taxes and smaller government. I find it ironic, no moronic, for a cable company to invite government inference in the free market, and the added cost if doing business because of franchising agreements jut to protect market share.
This back and fourth attack between cable and the telecoms is why I believe we need the complete deregulation of both telecommunications and cable networks. I can think no place to start with a serious needed downsizing of the FCC. There is only one need for the FCC and is the diving up radio spectrum. Government should have no say what data, video or voice traffic services that are offered on private telecom, cable, and, internet networks. Yes I am for the complete telecommunication deregulations.
Also the practice of franchising by locale governments needs to be discontinued. Franchising is nothing more than legalized extortions and the truest sense of a monopoly. Cable and phones monopolies would be rare to not existent if it were not for big government regulations that empower them. |
