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[FONT="]At its April open meeting on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to give [/FONT]yet more handouts[FONT="] to the telecommunications industry, lifting a price cap on broadband services and reinstating a loophole that lets broadcasters monopolize airwaves.[/FONT][FONT="]The vote lifting the cap on Business Data Services (BDS) fees means that carriers like AT&T and Comcast will now be allowed to charge exorbitant rates on small businesses and community banks to connect to the internet. The other proceeding, to reinstate the "UHF [ultra high frequency] discount," will open the door to unprecedented levels of media consolidation.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The vote shows the dangers of money in politics and the influence of the FCC's new Republican chair, Ajit Pai, advocacy groups said Thursday.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"Once again, chairman Pai is putting his thumb on the scale to favor monopoly [internet service providers, or ISPs] over the interests of internet users and small businesses," said Jessica J. González, deputy director and senior counsel at the open internet group Free Press.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Net neutrality foe Pai and commissioner Michael O'Rielly, also a Republican, argued that there was enough competition in the $45 billion BDS marketplace to justify deregulation, even though the FCC itself found that in most areas there is only one provider of BDS services.
Government endorsed monopolies! How do people not see the issue here?
Government endorsed monopolies! How do people not see the issue here?
"Net neutrality" is an issue ONLY because of the gov't enforced monopolies, but many people seem to want to open things up rather than imposing rule after rule after rule.
We needs to rule to open up the market, net neutrality would not need to exist if companies respected it without regulation. The government needs to be stopping and breaking up these monopolies not supporting them further.
Monopolies don't need to respect much, so ending them would take care of the problem.
But Republicans would never allow that. They are pumping money into keeping the monopolies alive and removing any protections the government tried to give consumers. I think we are the same side here.
We needs to rule to open up the market, net neutrality would not need to exist if companies respected it without regulation. The government needs to be stopping and breaking up these monopolies not supporting them further.
Government endorsed monopolies! How do people not see the issue here?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...es-big-telecom-free-reign-vote-major-handouts
Just more handouts to big business while screwing the people and the "little guy". [/FONT][/COLOR]
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...es-big-telecom-free-reign-vote-major-handouts
Just more handouts to big business while screwing the people and the "little guy". [/FONT][/COLOR]
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...es-big-telecom-free-reign-vote-major-handouts
Just more handouts to big business while screwing the people and the "little guy". [/FONT][/COLOR]
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