| FCC Can Only Do So Much Yes, the FCC is weak-kneed, lacks backbone, and has other ailments. But as Levin pointed out in the recent Ars Technica interview, FCC decision are challenged in the courts (unlike other countries), and the incumbents have very deep pockets to pay their legal teams. The statutory language the FCC has to work with can be maddeningly vague--see UNE . Etc., etc.
Still, I was disheartened when Levin said that the FCC is not going to push unbundling-- a total cave in. Unfortunately, the only way to get the monopolists attention is for another big player to come on the scene and threaten them. I am somewhat optimistic that Google, essentially a content provider, is experimenting with their FTTH network. That will _change_ behaviors. |
