Cable-Telco High-Speed Broadband Competition Not Robust, ILSR Reports
Only a "thin majority" of urban Americans have a "real choice" in broadband between large cable companies and wireline telcos, and it's worse in rural areas, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance reported Tuesday on data, mostly from FCC Form 477…
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filings, on "claimed broadband availability" of six large ISPs. "Cable companies maintain monopolies on high-speed Internet access" in many areas, and the "data suggests" that large telcos, despite $1.5 billion in annual Connect America Fund support, "have rarely invested in next-generation services in areas where they do not face competition," ILSR said. “Competition is the best driver of the investment we need, not over-reaching regulations,” emailed a USTelecom spokesperson: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s "steps to move past old style regulation already are helping increase investment in broadband.” NCTA didn't comment.