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2 edits | It wasn't 'SCRAPPED' That's not deja vu. It's a return to the central idea of the 1996 telecom act, which required incumbent operators to share network access with smaller competitors in order to bolster competition as those upstarts grew into legitimate carriers. A combination of inconsistent regulation and carrier lobbying ultimately resulted in the U.S. scrapping the idea, though interestingly, countries like France took our discarded idea and made it work. In Paris, those small fry upstarts evolved into competitive fiber ISPs, and consumers now benefit from some amazing prices by our American standards (like 100Mbps Cable, VoIP & 120 TV Channels for $38).
It wasn't scrapped-it was BRIBED out of existance by the Bush FCC! Remember Michael "the crook" Powell-who never saw a bribe he didn't like? You know him-he's the one who (now) works for the very industry who paid him off! |
