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I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.
Net Neutrality… another oversimplification
Why not let corporations build their second tier with a TIME LIMIT on their right to charge tariffs? Each new line of fiber or clutch of super-servers could initiate a sliding scale, similar to depreciation, after which they become part of an ever-growing commons?
This is the sort of thing that should have been done, 20 years ago, in CABLE so-called deregulation. The so-called ââ¬Åreformââ¬Â of that time did nothing to foster competition. Rather, it provided each cable company with safe zones of monopoly! Suppose that the bill had included this simple provision, though:
ââ¬ÅStarting now, each company is allowed to ââ¬Åinvadeââ¬Â its neighborsââ¬â¢ territory (by laying new cable or by sharing existing lines) by half a mile per year. Five years after this bill has been passed, the companies will be REQUIRED to invade each othersââ¬â¢ territory by half a mile per year.ââ¬Â
Yes, it would have cost them money. Yes, they would have been forced to cut prices everywhere their territories overlapped. And the problem is….?
Two sentences. Just two.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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