Because you probably do have at least two options for ISPs, it’s just that one option is DSL and lawmakers still struggle with understanding color television.
I only have one option for most utilities. I don’t get to choose which private power company I use and I certainly don’t get to choose from an array of options for how that electricity is generated.
Making the internet a utility is good, but that won’t make it less of an oligopoly.
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Nobody is forcing me to use Office or Teams, but I’m stuck with a single ISP.
Why won’t regulators even LOOK at the ISP oligopoly? For fucks sake.
Because you probably do have at least two options for ISPs, it’s just that one option is DSL and lawmakers still struggle with understanding color television.
Turn it into a utility. Having an Internet connection is arguably more important than a phone line ever was and is up there with electricity.
It’s a utility. Treat it like one.
I only have one option for most utilities. I don’t get to choose which private power company I use and I certainly don’t get to choose from an array of options for how that electricity is generated.
Making the internet a utility is good, but that won’t make it less of an oligopoly.