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August 06, 2005
Difference between Bush and Clinton:
FCC opens door to ISP wipe-out
At the moment in the US, DSL is sold wholesale by companies owned by the Baby Bells, aka the "ILECs" (incumbent local exchange carriers), such as SBC (formerly Southwestern Bell and Pacific Bell), and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic). The ILECs are also DSL retailers, of course, in direct competition with independent ISPs who depend on the ILECs for service and in most cases, infrastructure.In a statement today the FCC said it was scrapping the mandatory sharing requirement on incumbents that "caused vendors to delay development and deployment of innovations to consumers."
It isn’t so much that either president did anything. But both of them had philosophies about business, and that philosophy informed their appointees. Clinton’s philosophy was that markets should be open and accessible. Bush’s has been that companies should be allowed to wring every possible advantage from their current position. Clinton’s philosophy allowed hundreds of ISPs to flourish, and compete. When ISPs compete, you win! Bush’s Philosophy will kill off some ISPs, causing competition to die with it. When competition ends, you lose...
Bush may be pro-business, but he sure as hell isn’t pro-consumer...
Posted by Andrew at August 6, 2005 02:39 PM
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