Title II kills investment? Comcast and other ISPs are now spending more
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/10/comcast-and-other-isps-boost-network-investment-despite-net-neutrality/
Net neutrality rules and Title II common carrier
regulation were supposed to derail investment in the broadband
industry. The Federal Communications Commission's new rules took
effect in June despite the protest of Internet service providers
and Republicans in Congress, who are still fighting the new
regime in courts of law and public opinion. Republicans held a
hearing just two days ago to discuss how common carrier
regulation will inevitably cause investment to decline.
Customers outside Comcast's fiber footprint will still be able
to buy a gigabit. But in the quarter ending September 30, a
three-month period that occurred entirely after the FCC's rules
took effect, Comcast's latest earnings report says that its
"capital expenditures increased 11.0 percent to $2.2 billion"
over the same period the previous year.
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