Quote:I'm with you on legislation requiring equal access regardless of content I'm just exploring how did we get to the point where so few control so much of a resource.

 

With regulation that protects businesses from competition, rather than open doors for competition.

 

In the UK they do local-loop unbundling.  Meaning that other companies have access to BT's networks, and can hook their own networks up to it.  It's created competition, and drove down prices.  It's also encouraged innovation on BT's part, who have improved speeds, and recently their stocks have been going up by quite a bit IIRC.  (Tripling)

 

Companies like AT&T and Verizon like LLUB... at least in the UK.  They don't want it here though by any means.

 

Telecom corporations have been growing too powerful.  They have a mouthpiece in charge of the FCC now too.  Appointed by President Obama.  Despite everything Obama has said about the importance of the internet, he named a telecom insider as the FCC Chariman.  

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