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let's play companies that were broken up due to anti-trust legislation and the market was better for it shall we?
1) International Harvester and American Tobacco. - IH provided cheap equipment mostly for agrarian nations, Hence INTERNATIONAL Harvester. American Tobacco took advantage of this, and then inflated it's own profits by unfairly marking up it's cigars and cigarettes, due to..... lack of competition on both sides. (See below)
2) Standard Oil.
3) US Steel
Bonus round: "If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life." --- John Sherman (Author of the Sherman Anti-trust act 1890)
To anyone who picked "May 2017" as when tech companies get fed up with NSA/CIA/FBI shenanigans, Please step this way for your free prize of internet cookies (Provided by the NSA of course)
its the same issue that we had (and is a direct result of) the former Bell Telephone Company. Instead of breaking them up and forcing them to compete with one another, we just kinda broke them up, so then they did NOT compete with one another, and evolved from long distance carriers and telephone services to internet provider services. And now that they are also acquiring broadcast services, they are in a position to force a certain narrative based on company policy. That is why you hardly EVER see anything from the major networks on the subject of net neutrality, except for HBO as a notable exception (but that isn't a major network is it?).
as for the monopoly part of it, look at AT&T, they have literally taken BILLIONS of USD for the purpose of expanding their network into low-income areas... only to ... well... take the money and run with it, not doing what they promised, and then when someone wants a better service than what AT&T provides and/or at a more reasonable pricing, AT&T said "nope, you have to pay US ludicrous amounts of money for substandard services."
you will also note, that AT&T/Comcast/Etc. have ONLY developed better services when competition have arrived in those locations, and yet, only in a "select few testing areas" and not say, the entire city of Chattanooga.
it makes perfect sense, it so people can't pirate movies while in flight and have to suffer through b list movies with bad quality and overpriced features on a crowded flight.
Reading the sur-reply and ALL i can think of is "what the ever-loving fuck is going through his head?"
"it is not necessary to determine what the definitions of e-mail is or even if Dr. Ayyalmao even invented it, but rather the personal attacks on himself"
THAT IS THE CORE OF THE CASE, YOU JUST DISMISSED YOUR ENTIRE ARGUMENT!
I know TechDirt staff cannot legally say this, but I can state the following as an opinion. Dr Shiva Whatshisface is an Idiot, a moron, and certifiably mentally incapable of any logical thought process, and I am going to question the legality of his "Doctorate" title.
To quote Monty Python: "You can't wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart lobbed a sword at you. I mean if I went around saying I was an Emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"
Hey Anon, you know which one you are, the one calling Techdirt anti-trump/competitive/whatever, John Oliver was talking SPECIFICALLY TO YOU. This affects you as well as everyone else. Without Net Neutrality, you can't troll as easily as you would have before, because ISP's WILL limit who you can visit.
on the plus side, courts can declare laws unconstitutional, I am not exactly sure if this will go through or not, but a fight is coming one way or another, and it will go to court.
am i the only one that read this as 1) we want to extort tech companies money for using AR in our city from Google maps to Pokemon Go. and 2) what ever happened to the right to peacefully assemble?
can we at least sue the isp's for a tube of lube, i mean if I am gonna take it up the ass from them, and if they "claim" I am going to like it, I damn well better make sure I am going to enjoy it. (not that I enjoy that kind of thing, but at least not as painful)
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Re: Re: Re: t's Time For The FCC To Actually Listen:
let's play companies that were broken up due to anti-trust legislation and the market was better for it shall we?
1) International Harvester and American Tobacco. - IH provided cheap equipment mostly for agrarian nations, Hence INTERNATIONAL Harvester. American Tobacco took advantage of this, and then inflated it's own profits by unfairly marking up it's cigars and cigarettes, due to..... lack of competition on both sides. (See below)
2) Standard Oil.
3) US Steel
Bonus round: "If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life." --- John Sherman (Author of the Sherman Anti-trust act 1890)
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Re: What monopolies?
as for the monopoly part of it, look at AT&T, they have literally taken BILLIONS of USD for the purpose of expanding their network into low-income areas... only to ... well... take the money and run with it, not doing what they promised, and then when someone wants a better service than what AT&T provides and/or at a more reasonable pricing, AT&T said "nope, you have to pay US ludicrous amounts of money for substandard services."
you will also note, that AT&T/Comcast/Etc. have ONLY developed better services when competition have arrived in those locations, and yet, only in a "select few testing areas" and not say, the entire city of Chattanooga.
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in other words, a true movie theater experience.
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Reading the sur-reply and ALL i can think of is "what the ever-loving fuck is going through his head?"
"it is not necessary to determine what the definitions of e-mail is or even if Dr. Ayyalmao even invented it, but rather the personal attacks on himself"
THAT IS THE CORE OF THE CASE, YOU JUST DISMISSED YOUR ENTIRE ARGUMENT!
I know TechDirt staff cannot legally say this, but I can state the following as an opinion. Dr Shiva Whatshisface is an Idiot, a moron, and certifiably mentally incapable of any logical thought process, and I am going to question the legality of his "Doctorate" title.
To quote Monty Python: "You can't wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart lobbed a sword at you. I mean if I went around saying I was an Emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"
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update: FCC claims DDOS
the time that the DDOS started (as stated by the FCC itself) would have coincided with when comments would have started flooding in post show.
also correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the first FCC site drop last several days as well?
The FCC however, has elected NOT to elaborate or make a statement thereof.
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