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Join Date: May 2004
Location: near Bremen, Germany
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My limited understanding: It's not as clear-cut. The good news is that the FCC did establish some rules. The bad news is that most of them don't apply to "wireless Internet", and over the coming years, pretty much all Internet access will be wireless, as 4G technologies like LTE Advanced will obsolete the need for DSL, cable, etc.* The cellular providers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless convinced the FCC that they have special needs.
It's most certainly not the simple, all-encompassing set of rules Obama promised in his campaign. Seems like a classic case of lobbyist compromise.
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*) For most homes and smaller businesses, anyway.
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