Bernie Sanders unveils $150 billion plan to expand high-speed internet access and dismantle internet

[Morrison71]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/6/...rnet-cable-monopolies-antitrust-election-2020


“We will break these monopolies up and closely regulate them.”

As part of the new plan, Sanders defines “broadband” as 100 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up, which is significantly higher than the Federal Communications Commission standard of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up. If elected president, Sanders said he would also work to restore net neutrality and ban internet and cable companies from instituting data caps and throttling consumer access to the internet.




Sanders’ plan also outlines a broader antitrust effort against internet and cable companies. If elected, he would use existing antitrust law to “bar service providers from also providing content and unwind anticompetitive vertical conglomerates.” This policy could potentially impact every major US carrier, particularly Comcast’s ownership of NBCUniversal, AT&T’s ownership of WarnerMedia, and Verizon’s ownership of AOL.


“We will break these monopolies up and closely regulate them to ensure they are providing consumers with acceptable service, and eliminate hidden fees, surprise bills, and other consumer-gouging practices,” Sanders said.

 

[JRHawk2003]

No he wont.

He likes to promise all kinds of stuff...he cant deliver on any of it.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

We went from 3g to 5g faster than 99% of the world’s countries on the back of private enterprise. We don’t need or want government involved in our cellular infrastructure.

Bernie - just promise straight cash money homey. That’d be a better pitch for you.

 

[Morrison71]

We went from 3g to 5g faster than 99% of the world’s countries on the back of private enterprise. We don’t need or want government involved in our cellular infrastructure.

Bernie - just promise straight cash money homey. That’d be a better pitch for you.

Nobody has 5g yet....Actually I believe parts of London does but nothing here.

 

[Morrison71]

No he wont.

He likes to promise all kinds of stuff...he cant deliver on any of it.

Almost sounds like most politicians.....but you know sometimes they actually do get things done.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Almost sounds like most politicians.....but you know sometimes they actually do get things done.

He has not been a leader or shown any ability to build coalitions in the Senate.

 

[Morrison71]

He has not been a leader or shown any ability to build coalitions in the Senate.

So you won’t vote for some regardless if you like their policies or not but rather if they can get along with a Republican controlled Senate? That makes sense.....

 

[JRHawk2003]

So you won’t vote for some regardless if you like their policies or not but rather if they can get along with a Republican controlled Senate? That makes sense.....

How pray tell will they get any of those promises passed then? Even if Dems had it, there are not votes for anything Bernie is proposing. Reality man.

 

[Morrison71]

How pray tell will they get any of those promises passed then? Even if Dems had it, there are not votes for anything Bernie is proposing. Reality man.

 

[Lone Clone]

So you won’t vote for some regardless if you like their policies or not but rather if they can get along with a Republican controlled Senate? That makes sense.....

What did he do when the Dems had the Senate? I can’t think of anything offhand. You are absolutely right about not judging him on his output while in the minority.

 

[JRHawk2003]

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Thats not right. I am just more of an incrementalist. Deming and CQI are what I live by. It works.

 

[seminole97]

Folks in Venezuela are chanting, 'trust us, shit can get a lot worse.'

 

[Joes Place]

“We will break these monopolies up and closely regulate them to ensure they are providing consumers with acceptable service, and eliminate hidden fees, surprise bills, and other consumer-gouging practices,” Sanders said.

That's not "dismantling" the internet.

It is a proposal to eliminate monopoly strangleholds so that consumers have choices, and actual competition occurs among providers. Today, there is virtually zero competition, as they've zoned off sections of the country and don't directly compete in many places. The only areas that have true competition (and actually much lower prices, and higher data speeds) are municipalities that set their own networks up, who link in-bulk to a provider, but act independently of them.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Nobody has 5g yet....Actually I believe parts of London does but nothing here.

It’s here man. May not be 100% full scale production but it’s here and the infrastructure was set up by private enterprise. Driven by consumer demand and competition.

 

[seminole97]

We went from 3g to 5g faster than 99% of the world’s countries on the back of private enterprise. We don’t need or want government involved in our cellular infrastructure.

5G is here, but it's a very, very short range tech. Just super high bandwidth. So it's currently in a few cities across the country, but will forever be a thing for high density urban areas. It won't supplant the 4G footprint. That will be something else down the line.
It's going to let cell companies compete with landlines for biz connectivity.

The good side to the smaller footprint is if the radiation concerns are valid most Iowans are completely safe.

 

[Hawkeye_311]

Has Bernie Sanders ever created a job or recieved a paycheck that didn't come from taxpayer dollars?

 

[Moral]

Has Bernie Sanders ever created a job or recieved a paycheck that didn't come from taxpayer dollars?

Yes to both. If you think about it for a second it is pretty obvious.