You can't put rules in place to protect the industry (like the telecoms have to) and not regulate them. That's like Christianity without Hell. The Telecoms and their services are protected by regulations and so should the consumers be. The fact is laws prevent Charter from putting service on wires in my neighborhood if Comcast already has the service on the wires. And while I can 'choose' another technology to provide my internet service, I can't choose cable technology from a different provider because the providers have regulation working for them. Why is regulation such a bad word when it protects consumers but not when it protects businesses?
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You can't put rules in place to protect the industry (like the telecoms have to) and not regulate them. That's like Christianity without Hell. The Telecoms and their services are protected by regulations and so should the consumers be. The fact is laws prevent Charter from putting service on wires in my neighborhood if Comcast already has the service on the wires. And while I can 'choose' another technology to provide my internet service, I can't choose cable technology from a different provider because the providers have regulation working for them. Why is regulation such a bad word when it protects consumers but not when it protects businesses?