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[Jim Kinney]

I would to break them into access provider and content provider. Customers
can buy content from either or both regardless of access method.

There's still opportunity for abuse no matter the split. :-(
On Mar 7, 2015 9:21 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> On 03/07/2015 08:50 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 7, 2015 8:31 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
> > <mailto:DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 03/07/2015 08:08 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> > The Republican definition of freedom generally refers only to owners
> and never
> >> > to users.
> >> >
> >>
> >> If there is plenty of competition - perhaps 10 competitors, I don't
> have an
> >> issue with the network owner being allowed to seek niche spaces in the
> market.
> >> Some people may want to pay to have proactive blocking? I dunno.
> >>
> >> When there are fewer competitors, or an effective monopoly (like we
> have with
> >> broadband service in the USA), the customers may need protections -
> mainly after
> >> the company has proven to be anti-customer in the past on numerous
> occasions.
> >> Competition is clearly not working in those cases.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > There's no competition for broadband now.
> >
> > I have a problem with an access provider also being in the content
> creation
> > business as well.
>
> There are some places with an effective monopoly for broadband and the
> clients
> are happy. This is usually when a smaller, local, company or coop does the
> connections.
>
> Perhaps it is time to break up Comcast and AT&T broadband services into 50
> smaller companies?
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