The FCC wants to level the playing field.

The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less::The Federal Communications Commission has passed new digital discrimination rules that hold telecom providers accountable for not providing equal internet access.

    • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
      163·
      1 year ago

      Because the bigger problem is ownership of the infrastructure. Monopoly or not, one of the companies owns the line

      • blackbarn@lemm.eeEnglish
        37·
        1 year ago

        So make it a public utility perhaps considering it’s so critical these days

        • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          515·
          1 year ago

          Because the bigger problem is ownership of the infrastructure. Monopoly or not, one of the companies owns the line

      • Something_Complex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Well there is precedent to that. When the us government allowed At&t to dominate the internet markt and then followed it by a huge court case against them until eventually the CEO of AT&T eventually agreed to the division of the company in smaller regional ares of operations.

        So they centralised it and then forced them to divide. If we are basically there already then just let them merge so you can prosecute them

    • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      The FCC under Biden has a long term plan to reclassify the internet under Title II, which would allow much stricter and wider ranging regulations.

      They are probably trying to get that pushed through first.