It's going to get increasingly ridiculous as we move past the partisan vote and into the inevitable lawsuits from ISPs and all their policy friends. As with state municipal broadband bans, I find their arguments are only getting weaker as we move forward and they face a larger and larger groundswell of public support for some kind of real rules of the road.
Well and this is also a company that also just spent $10 billion at wireless auction, after their CFO basically admitted investment won't be impacted one way or the other by Title II (though he then backtracked after a stern talking to).
I'm not sure who that "chilling investment" line is aimed at, since not even Verizon actually believes it.
I've seen instances where ISP usage meters tracked (and billed for) usage when the modem was off for several weeks due to power outage, so no -- I imagine they don't want that looked at too closely.
I really think a LARGE chunk of the equation involves news outlets and reporters not liking the way it looks when thirty people simultaneously point out that you've got a glaring fact wrong. Makes it much easier to just shovel forth crap articles without feeling bad about the fact your quality bar is set at ankle height. I do think commenters offer an important degree of accountability of a sort...
Sure, if your choice is really awful moderating or no comments you might have a wash. But as somebody that has moderated forums for fifteen years, I can tell you helping to foster civil discussion online is not recombination gene technology.
Every indication I've seen from regulators is that they think usage caps are a "creative" expression of market pricing. I think there would have to be a particularly ham-fisted implementation of them to have regulators care (like only letting YOUR content get past the usage limit).
I think if ISPs want to bill like utilities they should have their meters regulated like utilities to ensure consumers are getting a fair deal, but that's just me.
Not sure he will. Not worth including in the article but he actually blocked me on Twitter for criticizing him at one point. I was unlocked when I pointed out this was rather petty for an FCC official.
I remember Michael Powell was really bullish on broadband over powerline, ignoring all the complaints about the interference issues that technology had. He once called it the "great broadband hope," and used it as an example of emerging broadband technology to justify sector deregulation. It's currently not really used -- anywhere.
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Maybe. I know their MVNO clients are adding more subscribers per quarter than the Sprint brand is, which is sad. Some of them (like Tucows' Ting) are pretty pro neutrality, so maybe.
If you think about it while it's important, it's not THAT huge of a stance given they're ambiguous enough they could weasel out of their support, and the benefits (getting good PR, making T-Mobile look stupid) outweigh the drawbacks.
I know. I'm just starting to warm to the guy, which means he's going to drop a death loaf of miserable legislation on us on February 26 when the FCC is scheduled to reveal and vote on their new Title II-based rules.
I know, I had forgotten they existed until this recent 1 Gbps push. Ting was an interesting idea but I don't think they've had a lot of luck getting subscriber traction so far.
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I'm not sure who that "chilling investment" line is aimed at, since not even Verizon actually believes it.
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I think if ISPs want to bill like utilities they should have their meters regulated like utilities to ensure consumers are getting a fair deal, but that's just me.
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Assuming the rules get written without a lot of shitty loopholes in them, and don't get reversed down the road.
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If you think about it while it's important, it's not THAT huge of a stance given they're ambiguous enough they could weasel out of their support, and the benefits (getting good PR, making T-Mobile look stupid) outweigh the drawbacks.
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Sorry about that.
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