Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
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Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
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[–] Caboose_Calloway 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Comcast is a government-authorized service monopoly. They are part and parcel of the government. Calling for their breaking up is like calling for the breakup of the military. It will never happen. Ever.
Our only chance is to start laying our infrastructure and building a network of settlement-free peers. This means that each person setting up hardware in their own home and agreeing to pass all network traffic without charge and expecting every other person to do the same.
This is readily possible and the necessary equipment is already on the market. We don't need to grovel to big corps for our internet.
[–] Entomo ago
You still need connections to the backbone. And for that you need deep pockets.
[–] Caboose_Calloway ago
Not exactly. Once all your connections are settlement-free you practically become something like a tier-1 peer. You are the backbone.
[–] pitenius ago
Not that deep. I mean... I'm that rich.
We're working on something here... there is hope. Also, check out the work Tucows has been doing.