03-27-2017, 03:21 PM
(03-27-2017, 01:44 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Money is a big issue here between the infrastructure group and those that seek access. It is expensive to build the infrastructure and there is a cost to maintain it as well. And let's face it, there is competition in the content delivered. If you owned a cake company, would you let your competition use your equipment and then sell at a lower price because they don't have your equipment costs?
I don't see a point in comparing a cake company to an internet provider because I believe the internet should be looked at as a utility. Most places don't even have paper job applications to handout anymore and it's tool that can help uplift citizens through various methods of education.
The reason why cable companies and other ISPs need to be regulated is because they abused their power in the first place with shady marketing techniques and lies about the service they were providing the consumer. Which isn't surprising considering the reputation the big players in the internet game have. They refuse to let Google upgrade their infrastructure and meanwhile they refuse to upgrade themselves, there is still a lot of rural areas blacked out that have to rely on satellite internet companies who charge more or the same for a fraction of the service or no coverage at all and they are playing the consumer while actively seeking new ways to do so. They've had their chance and look what they've done with it.
