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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2015 9:40 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I would to break them into access provider and
content provider. Customers can buy content from either or both
regardless of access method. </p>
<p dir="ltr">There's still opportunity for abuse no matter the
split. :-(</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 7, 2015 9:21 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <<a
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03/07/2015 08:50 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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> On Mar 7, 2015 8:31 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 03/07/2015 08:08 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
>> > The Republican definition of freedom generally
refers only to owners and never<br>
>> > to users.<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> If there is plenty of competition - perhaps 10
competitors, I don't have an<br>
>> issue with the network owner being allowed to seek
niche spaces in the market.<br>
>> Some people may want to pay to have proactive
blocking? I dunno.<br>
>><br>
>> When there are fewer competitors, or an effective
monopoly (like we have with<br>
>> broadband service in the USA), the customers may need
protections - mainly after<br>
>> the company has proven to be anti-customer in the
past on numerous occasions.<br>
>> Competition is clearly not working in those cases.<br>
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> +1<br>
><br>
> There's no competition for broadband now.<br>
><br>
> I have a problem with an access provider also being in
the content creation<br>
> business as well.<br>
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There are some places with an effective monopoly for broadband
and the clients<br>
are happy. This is usually when a smaller, local, company or
coop does the<br>
connections.<br>
<br>
Perhaps it is time to break up Comcast and AT&T broadband
services into 50<br>
smaller companies?<br>
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I'm leery about that. It didn't work out so well for natural gas.<br>
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