Originally published April 11 2005
The FCC has hurt consumers by not requiring phone companies to provide naked DSL, writes Dave Burstein
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The FCC has quietly ruled that phone companies do not have to provide DSL service to consumers without providing phone service. So-called naked DSL service would allow people to hook up to the internet while keeping only their wireless service. Thus, people would not need to pay for a service they don't use. According to Dave Burstein, this ruling is a grave disservice to consumers and it hurts the growth of broadband. S
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If it is permissible to deny consumers DSL if they do not also order analog voice service, what stops a carrier from denying broadband service to an end-user who has cut the cord and uses only a wireless phone?
What prevents a carrier from refusing to provide DSL service to a savvy consumer who wants stand-alone broadband only for VoIP?"
He won great ovations at VON conferences as a defender of VoIP, claiming great victory for preventing some state rules that effectively raised the cost a few dollars.
But he didn't have the spine to stand up to the Bells on this much bigger "tax on the internet," about $20/month in unneeded local service.
Naked DSL, or similar simple IP connectivity with fiber, cable, or without wires, is the smartest, most open product to offer.
I've been writing lately about how cable at very modest incremental investment can go over 100 Mbps to nearly every home, and DSL (at slightly greater cost, but not unreasonable) can go to 50 Mbps symmetric.
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