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| solution to our broadband woes the single most important thing the FCC could do to spur competition is open access. that's probably why it won't happen.
even if open access rules are passed, it still won't mean anything without effective (ie, very high fines and criminal penalties for CEOs) enforcement. They tried this with the 1996 telecom act and it worked fine with dial up, but the telcos just flat out violated laws in preventing competitiors from gaining a toehold. Verizon was fined $2B (yes, that's a B) for messing with competitors ability to offer service. By that time regulation was "bad" and fiber and cable became except from line sharing.
it's really a two step process:
1) pass open access rules
2) throw people in jail if their companies break the rules
#1 might happen even with incumbent lobbying and pushback.
#2 has to happen also for competition to improve and this is where I see the FCC failing to follow thru |
