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dwd
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Re: Suddenlink IS Bandwidth Capping

The government isn't going to regulate much of anything anymore. We've given up our rights to do that in the faith that market economies will save the day. The problem is that we never have had and still don't have true market economies. I'm afraid we're in a mode where we'll just have to repeat our mistakes once again to the detriment of most people. I mean those who support those in the Supreme Court who voted that corporations are people without the same responsibility and consequences as people might want to take a look at what they are supporting. Of course, that won't happen either. That sort of analytical thinking has been replaced with 7th grade mentality name calling.

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Those old farts in Congress don't understand technology and depend on the entertainment industry to tell them it's scary. That they won't regulate is a blessing.

If anything, the studios are usually the greedy ones it's any wonder cable tv is as cheap as it is.
dwd
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Yes lack of good regulation is a blessing. How's that working out for us?

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Interesting article »gizmodo.com/5830956/why- ··· -company

If the telcos want to compete they will have to get rid of copper. Their choices are slow (or no) DSL which still has a cap, and even if you can get LTE caps are very low and overages very high.

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In other word, build out fiber and rent out to third party ISPs? Sounds like something Karl has been saying on this site for quite a while.

No offense, just pointing that particular detail out.

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Not any different from the telco owning the existing phone lines, and there being 3rd-party wholesale/resellers. But they'd have something to compete with.

Karl has also posted many an article about breakthrough in DSL technology.. at much less than a mile and nowhere near how far cable can go.
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said by dwd:

The government isn't going to regulate much of anything anymore. We've given up our rights to do that in the faith that market economies will save the day. The problem is that we never have had and still don't have true market economies.

No one, not even a politician, would argue that cable/internet providers are part of a free market. That acknowledgement is the key reason why no politician suggests seriously eliminating the FCC.

The FCC has on more than one occasion expressed their interest in passing regulations that favor "net neutrality". FCC director has also expressed that data caps are a "concern". The FCC has also stopped a couple of proposed mergers.

A quick Google search shows that the FCC has been battling ATT and other internet providers over data caps and anti-net neutrality policies.