Verizon, AT&T: Net neutrality not OK for wireless
"At the end of the day, Net neutrality supporters say regulation is needed to keep the Internet open because there is simply not enough competition in the market to ensure that service providers play fair." --Marguerite Reardon
She is pretty much saying that there will not be an increasement of internet download speeds, ect, if companies cannot compete to sell their best product they can offer. Without this competition, there's not need (in the big telecom companies eyes) for improvement. We want internet, we get internet, they make money. Why change?
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There is always going to be competition in the internet industry over which provider to use and over price, by the consumer, who controls (or doesn't control) the internet isn't going to affect this competition.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there might not be enough competition amongst the to really drive down prices and invigorate innovation. It is classic economics (yes, I am business major), competition as a form of self-regulation only works if there are plenty of varied competitors. Concentration of services in a few firms completely disregards the benefits of unregulated business.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting topic, but I wonder, why do we need everything so fast? Was it that bad waiting around for a few extra minutes that some might be willing to let the Internet be regulated so that things would be even more instantaneous than they already are?
ReplyDeleteI'm probably one of the few people in the class that doesn't have an iPhone or Blackberry, I don't check my email from my phone, and I don't want one more technology that will actually complicate my life more than simplify it...