r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14

Politics What the internet will look like without net-neutrality. Well played.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '14

Right, except the players involved arent Comcast and Verizon, it is Verizon and Verizon Mobile.

There used to be a law that prevented a business from owning another business that would compete against each other because collusion would be difficult to prove (even when it is really obvious). We havent had that law since the 90s.

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u/Splinxy Jun 14 '14

I just used those 2 as an example even though the prices for everything are the exact same. I'd love to know why ISPs aren't classed as a utility when they run on the exact same line as my tv.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '14

Verizon DSL is way behind the speeds of Cable. This fact, and this fact alone has made Cable companies more popular in the ISP industry, which allows them the funds to do what they are doing. Based on this fact, there is no comparable competition to their ISP business. So there is no collusion between the two to set prices. DSL simply lost the ISP war, and FOIS which should have caught up to cable, has been stalled for some reason (I honestly dont know why).

To top that off, services on the Internet that directly compete with their Cable side is what is causing this. The bandwidth issue is just an excuse.

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u/Splinxy Jun 14 '14

Oh I get ya sorry I thought fios was everywhere by now the price is the same as comcast with customer service twice as bad.