Quote:I'm not advocating to have it completely unregulated. I'm asking how the FCC will fix the issue as you've explained it. You've told me there's to few players in the game and they now can control access to start up competition or speed based on content. How does the FCC fix any of that? If anything the FCC would make it worse just like they did with cable and landlines

 

For speed based content, there's net neutrality.  The problem is that the guy in charge of the FCC is a telecom insider, and Obama won't get rid of him.  It's ridiculous.

 

To start competition, the FCC can do local loop unbundling like they did in the UK.  I know the idea sounds bad, but it works.  And in the long run it works for everyone.  Some companies will see a drop in profits, but only similar to what they would drop in profits if they were given real competition.  They might even see a rise in profits because they'll have more access to more customers, and become more innovative.  And customers would benefit with lower prices and far more options.  

 

The problem has been that the FCC has been doing things at the behest of the big corporations, instead of at the behest of the people.  It's something that needs to change.  We need to take money out of politics (which is far easier said than done).  

 

I'm not a fan of big government.  I know that the FCC is the reason we have many of the problems we have now.  But those problems can only be fixed by the FCC now that they're here.  The market is just too difficult to penetrate for competition, and the big 5 basically have a quasi-monopoly that they can do what they want with, and the free market won't bring in new competitors for them if we get rid of the regulations we have now.


Honestly a major problem with our government (aside from money being too big in politics) is that our government has become incompetent.  It should serve the people, not the corporations.  We need someone with common sense.  Someone who can say "You know what, let's change how things work." instead of "*(False) HOPE AND (Minimal) CHANGE" or "Folders of women.  Someone who won't put industry insiders in charge of the industries they are formerly part of.  

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