Comment 1GH feeling helpless without government regulation...

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feeling helpless without government regulation... (Score: 2, Insightful)

by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-05-09 19:31 (#1GH)

I concur with the view that internet providers are (or should be) providing dumb pipes for information and, as well, should be viewed as common carriers or whatever the right term is for a public utility. I suspect that the owners of said dumb pipes would still make good money and it would still be a great business. However, as the latest moves take us towards a crazy system where internet providers can introduce fees all over the place, more or less as they like, and it is difficult to hold them accountable without government regulation and enforcement, and it is difficult to abandon use of their services, I generally end up feeling helpless...

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2014-05-10 01:03 Insightful +1 songofthepogo@pipedot.org

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