Re: I don't understand why the FCC was so big on this technology
I think by and large it served as a way to justify policies that essentially just gave AT&T and Verizon whatever they lobbied for -- with very few exceptions.
By shilling for BPL, they could use their own shilling for BPL as evidence they were trying to foster additional competition in the space, the actual viability of the technology be damned...
That's exactly what I mean by saying "giving the appearance of cultivating competition." Maybe I should of said "Red Herring" instead of "Strawman" but you get the idea.... -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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