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H.R. 2902, The Broadband Internet Fairness Act (2 comments ↓)

H.R. 2902 would authorize the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, to review volume usage service plans of major broadband Internet service providers to ensure that such plans are fairly based on cost.

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McNeelyJ

June 18, 2009, 10:36am (report abuse)

Although cable tiers are a concern I would hope that the government would go a step further and allow more competition for local markets. Each market is a monopoly for broadband internet.

There is one Cable provider and one DSL provider, these marketopolies lead consumers with limited choices and diminish the competitive pricing that would ensue if there were more players in a given market.

P. Aydin

June 18, 2009, 12:00pm (report abuse)

Essentially, the main issue is that the ISPs are not the content providers but charge for it. They simply provide access to the content created by others, and yet ISPs do not pay a dime for it (like this particular page you are reading). Now, they, not only charge for it, but want to limit how much you can view of this free content they pay nothing in return. This is not electricity where utility companies pay for the electricity they distribute to the households. Policy makers should understand this and make policies accordingly.

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