the FCC strikes again

<![CDATA[ So the FCC had previously been given the power by the Supreme Court to decide what is a "telecommunications service" and what is an "information service." This issue of classification has come to a head over the fact that the DSL providers have been regulated by the Common Carrier rule, while cable providers have been able to keep all contenders off their turf. The FCC thinks long and hard about this and decides...

...to stifle competition by deregulating the DSL providers! Rather than offer choices to all Americans that desire broadband and further our nation's ability to use and improve technology, our government decides to reward the Baby Bells for being Baby Bells. As a customer of Speakeasy's service, I now have one year before I'm essentially forced to use SBC or get cable. I feel so much better about our free-market economy now. ]]>