The FCC's latest apparent attempt to justify mandating Internet regulation is:
- "Net neutrality is about preventing anyone from regulating the Internet."
- "There are some phone and cable companies out there that want to decide which apps you should get on your phone, which Internet sites you should look at, and what online videos you can download." "That's regulating the Internet -- and that's what the FCC is trying to stop." -- per a senior commission official in the 11-22 Communications Daily and Politico.com's Morning Tech.
To begin, if the FCC actually wanted to prevent "anyone from regulating the Internet," would that not logically include preventing the FCC itself from regulating the Internet?
It is supremely ironic that the entity that describes itself as the lead U.S. "regulator" per law, is accusing companies of being the real "regulators" when the law, FCC "regulation," common knowledge and common sense all consider companies to be "competitors" and not "regulators."
Competitive broadband companies compete by offering differentiated products, services, features, prices, bandwidth, quality of service, security protections, etc., because consumers' needs, wants and means are very different.