cptmilesPremium
join:2004-04-22
Swayzee, IN | Bring Back Regulated Monopolies Competition works okay in the metro area. It's not really competition for the most part, but a duopoly with it's only regulation being the size of the competition (Big guy gutting small guy or two big guys playing the Coke vs. Pepsi game).
The FCC is coming out with the National Broadband Plan in the next week and they will make the announcement the USF is going to be transitioned to Connect America Fund which means that the 9 billion dollar fund will go to subsidize Broadband instead of Voice.
The FCC needs to go old school and recreate the monopolistic nature of the last mile, subsidize it, and allow competition for content. The ten year plan should be to deliver a 100M connection to everyone in the U.S. the same as they can receive a landline today.
If a large carrier can't do this because their area is too rural they should be allowed to walk away without carrier of last resort status and another company should be allowed to serve said territory with the guarantee of a subsidized monopoly.
It's the only way this is going to work and wireless. Oh, and wireless won't cut it for future aps. It's for convenience only at least for the next 50 years. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | said by cptmiles:The FCC is coming out with the National Broadband Plan in the next week and they will make the announcement the USF is going to be transitioned to Connect America Fund which means that the 9 billion dollar fund will go to subsidize Broadband instead of Voice. Except they also intend to propose adding a mobility fund that is really nothing but a slush fund for the major cell phone companies. |
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