Comment on The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less

Something_Complex@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because the bigger problem is ownership of the infrastructure. Monopoly or not, one of the companies owns the line

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  • blackbarn@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So make it a public utility perhaps considering it’s so critical these days

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    • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because the bigger problem is ownership of the infrastructure. Monopoly or not, one of the companies owns the line

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      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Someone doesn’t understand what eminent domain is. Sad.

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  • Something_Complex@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well there is precedent to that. When the us government allowed At&t to dominate the internet markt and then followed it by a huge court case against them until eventually the CEO of AT&T eventually agreed to the division of the company in smaller regional ares of operations.

    So they centralised it and then forced them to divide. If we are basically there already then just let them merge so you can prosecute them

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  More work maybe?

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• hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The FCC under Biden has a long term plan to reclassify the internet under Title II, which would allow much stricter and wider ranging regulations.

  They are probably trying to get that pushed through first.

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