written by: Harold Feld
Wetmachine: Harold Feld's Tales of the Sausage Factory
This blog entry provides a brief and recent history of telco and cableco deregulation practices, and the FCC and Court's role in legalizing these practices. The blog begins this historical review in 1996, with the competition preserving Telecom Act of 1996 and concludes with the competition killing 2005 Supreme Court decision to reclassify DSL as an "information service." From this history Feld accurately predicts the future, our present day predicament: the slow death of competition and the neutral network. This blog entry is perfect for those interested in the history of incumbent control, deregulation practices, and the importance of maintaining network neutrality.
For the complete entry, visit:
http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/329