The FCC wants to level the playing field.

The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less::The Federal Communications Commission has passed new digital discrimination rules that hold telecom providers accountable for not providing equal internet access.

  • blackbarn@lemm.eeEnglish
    37·
    8 months ago

    So make it a public utility perhaps considering it’s so critical these days

    • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      Because the bigger problem is ownership of the infrastructure. Monopoly or not, one of the companies owns the line

        • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          8 months ago

          Even better, those cables were supposed to be replaced by the companies that own it using money from the government. Since they didn’t do that, might as well take the cables and money back and make it a public utility.

          • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
            11·
            8 months ago

            We paid for them to upgrade that infrastructure to the tune of several billion, and those companies just lined their pockets instead. Fuck ‘em. We practically bought it at this point. That shit is basically ours.