Don't Like your ISP? I Believe the Phrase is Tough Sh*t!
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041601316_pf.html
For all of the stories about this in the past few weeks, it strikes me as pretty amazing that we are not making a bigger deal out of a handful of providers (like AT&T) trying to become our evil overlords and own all of the net.
Without the oversight of the FCC, we will be facing another 'Ma Bell' in the future.
As the writer puts it
"If we had vigorous competition among broadband providers, we might not need the Feds to referee the market."
But given the free-market approach we have seen in the areas of Insurance, Banking and Pharmaceuticals perhaps it's time to pay more attention to where our service comes from rather than the geeky phones we all want to be seen with.
Without the oversight of the FCC, we will be facing another 'Ma Bell' in the future.
As the writer puts it
"If we had vigorous competition among broadband providers, we might not need the Feds to referee the market."
But given the free-market approach we have seen in the areas of Insurance, Banking and Pharmaceuticals perhaps it's time to pay more attention to where our service comes from rather than the geeky phones we all want to be seen with.
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- Net Neutrality, Broadband, ISP
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MotherForTruth
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After multiple calls for service issues that are systematically not addressed I finally stated to my ISP that if the issue is not resolved I will have to switch to the competitor's services. I was very surprised when the customer service responded with "you think we have issues... you will be surprised that our competition is just the same."
- 2 years ago
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MotherForTruth
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Progresshiv
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The predators do not rest.
- 2 years ago
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Progresshiv
