Quote:I've always been under the impression traditional internet providers such as cable and DSL lines are set up like the phone companies. You only have one option but isn't that because it's regulated already? I'm pretty sure the argument was and still is you can't have multiple companies running lines on the counties power line so they limit the access to the power lines to one company per area.

 

Currently no internet broadband provider is regulated.

 

Phone providers are only regulated for telephone service.

 

There were weak regulations before, but those were struck down.

 

If we had a "big government" movement the FCC could classify broadband as "common carrier" and regulate it just like phone lines are regulated.

 

However, thanks to the extreme paranoia and fear exhibited by significant parts of the population against representative government, we get faceless corporations running the show however they want.

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