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Blackmoore writes:

boing boing brings us Washington: "You should be ashamed of yourself."

Former FCC commissioner Michael Copps has publicly excoriated Congress and the FCC for the state of Internet access in America, which he called "insanity", saying that America's political class "should be ashamed of ourselves". Copps was speaking at a DC event examining the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which created the short-lived practice of requiring American telecoms operators to share their lines with new entrants, allowing many competing DSL providers to flourish. This practice ended in 2005, and led to today's situation in which most Americans have 0, 1 or 2 broadband options.

Do you think that the Oligarchy will allow the plebeians a choice of internet service; or reclassify the Monopoly providers as Common Carriers?