re: U.S. internet speeds rose nearly 40 percent this year

I’d be all for free market set up if they were.

They scream that they are a utility when they demand public funds, when they need right of ways, and when they need legally enforced subscriber exclusivity.

But when it comes to getting even some of the controls that comes along with those benefits....which is required because of how badly those elements damage a free market system...oh well nnnnnnnow it’s too restrictive.


Part that pissed me off the most about the crying: they asked to be formally classified as a utility.

It was the cornerstone of the defense in the trial with the FTC regarding some of their practices: we are above their jurisdiction.

“NN” become codified when the FCC said in response “Oh, well if you aren’t in theirs then you are in mine.”

But big telecoms want to cherrypick what they want in each world.