vpoko
Premium
join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA
| Does everything increase competition?
"Increase competition" or "give consumers more choices" are among the most meaningless buzzwords coming out of Washington. If they think the fee is necessary then say it, but don't make it sound like you're doing us a favor.
Kinda reminds me of the part in "1984" (the book, not the year) where they cut the chocolate ration, but immediately celebrated it as an "increase" in the ration. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| does everything the FCC does increase competition?
ABSOLUTELY!
The FCC must use all it's might (smoke and mirrors) to provide a shimmering vision of competition, or else the 1996 Telecom Act requires them to actually do something.
The FCC doesn't want to actually tell Congress to go fvk itself, so they pretend and that's why we get stuff like:
* BPL press releases every couple of months or so, despite absolutely no large successful deployments;
* misleading broadband penetration statistics (the old zip code dodge);
* statements that the ATT/Bellsouth merger will result in more competition (despite clear evidence to the contrary).
If the FCC stops pretending, their whole rationale comes crashing down. Maybe the Democrats will do something about this - the Republicans have sure been easy to fool.
there is a hearing tomorrow on the FCC by the Senate Commerce, Transportation and Science Committee; should be fun. |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| said by nasadude  :If the FCC stops pretending, their whole rationale comes crashing down. Maybe the Democrats will do something about this - the Republicans have sure been easy to fool. Did not in 90's under the clintons, will not in the 2000's under Bush, won't when hillary gets back in in 2009.
Unless you have a lot more money than the people paying for what the FCC is doing.
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I am not lost, I find myself every time. |
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