from the do-not-pass-go,-do-not-collect-$200 dept
By Karl Bode
Back in 2009, the FCC funded a Harvard study that concluded that
open access broadband networks (letting multiple ISPs come in and
compete over a central, core network) resulted in lower broadband
prices and better service in numerous locations worldwide. Of course
when the Obama FCC released its "National Broadband Plan" back in
2010, this realization (not to mention an honest accounting of the
sector's limited competition) was nowhere to be found. Both parties
ignored the data and instead doubled down on our existing national
telecom policy plan: letting AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast do pretty much
whatever they'd like. Something, of course, taken to ridiculous new
heights during the Trump era.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210824/07565547420/californias-open-access-fiber-broadband-plan-is-making-telecom-giants-like-att-nervous.shtml
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