[opendtv] Re: Commissioner O'Rielly comments at New Jersey Wireless Association
- From: Craig Birkmaier <brewmastercraig@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:32:59 -0400
On Oct 20, 2017, at 8:39 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
This has NOTHING to do with aesthetics Bert.
I already quoted him verbatim. As always, go back to my very first post. If
Commissioner O'Rielly SAID that aesthetics was one of the concerns with 5G,
I'll take his word for it.
It has to do with greed Bert. Cities want to protect incumbents who are already
“attached” to their poles and using city right of ways. They are erecting
barriers to new entrants (and incumbents) in terms of both high cost and
lengthy application procedures. As O’Rielly stated, the 5G devices are the size
of a breadbox, so aesthetics are not the same issue that existed with erecting
new cell towers.
The obvious success of the wireless industry AFTER deregulation says
volumes
Again, go back to my very first post. The success of the wireless industry is
continuing AFTER Title II was imposed on them. Here too, O'Rielly
acknowledged this fact. He did try to claim that the success without Title II
would have been even greater, but of course, that's pure speculation. Facts
in evidence are, the big growth he described is occurring WITH Title II in
place.
The success of wireless is IN SPITE of the remnants of Title II regulation
Bert. But the reality is that the FCC was neutered in terms of regulating the
wireless industry after it was forced to auction spectrum to the telcos, who
then DID NOT need to get approval from the Commission for every decision they
made in terms of technologies, spectrum sharing, and business practices.
Even with the 2015 Title II order on broadband, the FCC was careful to NOT
apply the same rules to the wireless broadband providers. You really need to
take a chill pill and STOP ascribing everything positive in the telco sector to
regulation. Just the opposite is true.
As O'Rielly points out, the shift back to Title II regulation only
emboldens those who live by regulation.
As a shift away only emboldens the special interests to pursue only their own
interests.
Sorry, but that is simply untrue. There is no need to play the regulatory game
if your business is deregulated. It does not automatically mean you are free to
break the law - there is still anti-trust enforcement and the legal system to
deal with bad actors.
Regulation can benefit consumers at the expense of special interests,
Yup. The special interests are made to produce their product more carefully.
That's not a bad thing. Regulations that keep lead out of toys for toddlers
is not a bad thing. Regulations are imposed always as a result of bad actors
creating problems in the past, willfully or just out of negligence. Automatic
opposition to regulation is simply dumb.
Yes Bert. Nobody said all regulation is bad and always hurts consumers - that
is the point I was trying to make, which you once again missed.
rather than protecting special interests and government enabled
monopolies that harm consumers.
An FCC that shirks one if its PRIMARY responsibilities, and instead gives its
blessing to any telecom that decides to offer non-neutral telecom service,
*is* protecting the special interests, Craig. An FCC that weasels around,
pretending not to understand what constitutes a telecom service, just so they
can do the bidding of the special interests, *is* protecting the special
interests, Craig.
The FCC does not have the authority to bless non-neutral telecom services. It
does not have the authority to shirk its responsibility because Congress took
away that responsibility. That is why the Title II decision needs to be
reviewed by the Supreme Court - the Appellate Courts upheld a decision that
exceed the authority of the FCC and the President to make.
You are too focused on telecommunications. The world is going wireless
in MANY ways.
Yes, Craig. Any image can be defocused to the point that one can no longer
make out what it was. This has nothing to do with Title II or telecom
services. You don't need a telecom service to run a wireless mouse.
And you don’t need the FCC to regulate the wireless industry, or broadcasting
for that matter. It’s time to move on and let go of a century old political
regime that has cost consumer dearly. The success of the deregulated wireless
industry makes this absolutely clear.
Regards
Craig
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