Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
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| Telephone monopoly to competition Communications Act of 1934  See this article in Wikipedia:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Co···_of_1934
One forgets that access to the Internet was made available by private businesses. I am aware of this because I was hired by a Dial Up Internet Service Provider in early 1996. I got in on the ground floor. At the time anyone could become an Dial Up ISP by leasing a circuit to the Internet and leasing a number of incoming lines connected to a modem pool. Unless the Internet Business is regulated, these private businesses can do anything they like. During the dial up days competition kept ISP's in line. If an ISP pissed off a customer the customer could sign up with a different ISP. These days most customers have at most three broadband ISP's to choose from and in many cases one or two. Under these circumstances there is no competitive pressure to keep ISP's treating customers fairly. The only way to solve this problem is to regulate ISP's like the government did with the telephone industry with the Communications Act of 1934. |
