Appeals Court Puts Small ISPs Out of Business

It said that the FCC ruling that no requirement for access to the list mile wiring stands.

Ma Bell has lived for years by using monopolistic techniques to ice out competition. It's more profitable than supplying a better product, which is why the US is behind the rest of the industrialized world in broadband.

The FCC claims that this will give more competition. Why should it, when anti-competitive behavior is more profitable than competing.