Ang Common Cause California Board member Norman Kline ay nagpadala ng liham na ito sa San Jose Mercury News:<\/p>
We at Common Cause respectfully disagree with Carl Guardino's sulat<\/a> pagsuporta sa pagsasama ng Comcast at Time Warner Cable. Ang mga pangunahing punto na sinabi ni Carl ay nagiging ideya ng kompetisyon at pagbabago sa ulo nito.<\/blockquote>Una, ang tanging dahilan kung bakit napakaliit ng kumpetisyon sa lokal na antas ay dahil ang industriya ay nag-lobby ng mga regulasyon na ginagarantiyahan ang naturang kompetisyon. Ngayon ay ginagamit nila ang magkahiwalay na monopolyo na iyon para bigyang-katwiran ang pagbuo ng mas malaking monopolyo.<\/p>
Second, just because they offer 500 mbps service, doesn't mean it is affordable. These local monopolies are a big reason why Americans pay some of highest rates for internet access in the Western World.<\/p>
Panghuli, ang lahat ng mga mamimili ay karapat-dapat sa net neutrality na mga proteksyon, binili man nila ang kanilang koneksyon mula sa Comcast, AT&T, Verizon o Google Fiber. Ang ganitong mga proteksyon sa netong neutralidad ay hindi dapat nakadepende sa isang patakaran ng kumpanya na maaaring baguhin ang isang testamento.<\/p>
Ang pagpayag sa Comcast at Time Warner Cable na magsama ay magbibigay sa bagong entity ng hindi kapani-paniwalang halaga ng leverage sa mga provider ng nilalaman, na marami sa kanila ay nasa California. Ang kumpetisyon, pagbabago at mas mababang gastos ay mapapahusay ng mas maraming manlalaro na nagbibigay ng mga serbisyo sa mga mamimili.<\/p>
Such a merger would put us on a sure path of making the Internet a corporate owned toll road. The magic that helped create the most innovative companies in the world will be at great risk. Even more troubling, with so much of our democratic discourse taking place online, concentrating gatekeeper power in a behemoth like the one proposed would threaten the ability of voters to inform themselves and advocates to organize themselves.\"<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n
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