Where’s The Data?
Scott, this is what you said in your other writing;
“Why not check the latest FCC data and quote that? Because that data proves that broadband competition is flourishing and increasing.”
And my first reaction is “proves???” Proves that competition is flourishing? Then, not coincidentally, this is republished today;
“Millions of Americans can’t access or afford high-speed Internet services, and the United States continues to slip in every global ranking of broadband progress. The same phone and cable companies whose anti-competitive policies created this sorry situation are now proposing to become gatekeepers over Internet content and services. But the FTC seems content to stand on the sidelines.
“The FTC has an explicit duty to protect consumers. Yet this study includes no empirical research on competition in the local broadband market. They simply take the incumbents at their word that the U.S. broadband marketplace is competitive — even though most U.S. consumers have at best two choices for broadband at home. The phone and cable companies have a tremendous incentive to favor their own applications and content at the expense of their competitors. In fact, that’s exactly what their top executives have announced they plan to do.
“The issue before our policymakers is not about new regulations. Net Neutrality has been part of the Internet since its inception — and open access policies go back more than a century. The question is whether big phone and cable companies will be given a federal license to discriminate — or whether the free and open Internet will stay that way. This is not the time for caution, but rather forward-looking and decisive action reinstating Net Neutrality once and for all.”
So, I repeat my request (oh yes, I know FTC - FCC, whatever…) to you, please, show us the data Scott. Or have someone show it to us in a manner that is believable rather than spun to suit those it needs to!
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