[ NNSquad ] "Comcast's deal with Netflix makes network neutrality obsolete"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Comcast's deal with Netflix makes network neutrality obsolete"

http://j.mp/1enquPI  (Washington Post)

    "At this point, the FCC doesn't have any good options. Regulating the
     terms of interconnection would be a difficult, error-prone process.
     Trying to reverse the decade-old mergers that allowed America's
     broadband market to become so concentrated in the first place would be
     even more so. But the growing power of residential broadband providers
     will put growing pressure on the FCC to do something to prevent the
     abuse of that power.  One clear lesson, though, is that further
     industry consolidation can only make the situation worse. The more
     concentrated the broadband market becomes, the more leverage broadband
     providers like Comcast and Verizon will have over backbone providers
     like Cogent. That gives the FCC a good reason to be skeptical of
     Comcast's proposed acquisition of its largest rival, Time Warner
     Cable. Blocking that transaction could save the agency larger
     headaches in the future."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
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