Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

Tue Dec 21 16:28:50 UTC 2010

----- "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> Yeah... I'd rather see it done in such a way that there is a
> prohibition of common ownership or management. Essentially,
> require that the stock be split and each current owner receives
> one share in each company with any shareholders who own more than 3%
> of the companies having 180 days to divest from one company or the
> other, or, reduce their total investment in both below 3% with a
> requirement that the infrastructure provider not retain any portion
> of the name of the original company and no relationship other than
> supplier to the service provider company.
> 
> Obviously, this probably won't happen. The Telcos in the US have far
> too powerful a lobbying force, but, I think that would be the best
> thing for the consumers.

Presumably for both the consumers *and* every company involved in network services who doesn't have the luck of a historical last-mile monopoly.

Regards,
Tim.