[opendtv] Re: Net Neutrality: Government Control of Your Internet Service | National Review
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 23:47:00 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Perhaps you might be more credible if you actually read what is
written down about the history of telecommunications regulation in
the U.S.
I posted the history, Craig. Read it. It started with the ICC regulating
telephone and telegraph, 110 years ago.
Here's the best part. Title II had nothing to do with forcing
interconnection of local telephone systems. That had already
happened before the FCC
Are you incapable of reading, Craig? That's what I already posted! I'll not
post it again. You can go back and find the link.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment
"In return for the government's agreement not to pursue its case against AT&T
as a monopolist, AT&T agreed to divest the controlling interest it had acquired
in the Western Union telegraph company, and to allow non-competing independent
telephone companies to interconnect with the AT&T long distance network."
Imagine that Bert. It took nothing more than an agreement to create a
telco monopoly to assure interconnection.
Read the above quote again.
"... Nathan Kingsbury of December 19, AT&T agreed with the Attorney General to
divest itself of Western Union, to provide long distance services to
independent exchanges under certain conditions and to refrain from acquisitions
if the Interstate Commerce Commission objected."
Still having problems understanding this, Craig?
So there you have it. The government willingly created the Telco Monster
No, Craig. The telco monster created itself the way these natural monopolies
tend to do, and the government had to get involved as a consequence. In cases
like this, which involve extensive infrastructure that cannot credibly compete
everywhere, the bigger companies end up acquiring the smaller ones, very much
as happened with MVPDs.
The history article does a good job explaining why cable is NOT a
common carrier.
But it becomes one, when it starts carrying telephone service and broadband
Internet service. I already explained all of this. There is nothing ambiguous
or difficult in any of it.
Netflix was beating the net neutrality drum in an effort to keep
from paying the true costs its traffic was creating.
Already covered this. Netflix was paying for their own CDN and Netflix was a
boon for demand for broadband service, which allowed the calecos and telcos to
grab ISP away from the competition, and place it firmly into their local
monopolies. So, when a company with a conflict of interest began to degrade
that Nteflix competition for content delivery, only Craig has a hard time
understanding why it created an uproar, and why the FCC ended up doing exqactly
what the people demanded.
I would add, Tom Wheeler was initially very opposed to classifying broadband
under Title II. He only changed his mind when the outrage became apparent.
Too bad, Craig. The people have spoken, and they disagree with you.
Bert
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