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.

  • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
    163·
    8 months ago

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

    • blackbarn@lemm.eeEnglish
      37·
      8 months ago

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

      • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        516·
        8 months ago

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

    • Something_Complex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Well there is precedent to that. When the us government allowed At&t to dominate the internet markt and then followed it by a huge court case against them until eventually the CEO of AT&T eventually agreed to the division of the company in smaller regional ares of operations.

      So they centralised it and then forced them to divide. If we are basically there already then just let them merge so you can prosecute them