Jun 042014
With a spectacular screed about net neutrality, and an invitation for viewers to comment directly to the FCC, John Oliver may have caused FCC site crash.
“The guy who used to run the cable industry’s lobbying arm is now running the agency tasked with regulating it,” Oliver said. “That is the equivalent of needing a babysitter and hiring a dingo … With the fact that they are practically overseeing their own oversight, it is hardly surprising that cable companies are basically monopolies now. A federal study found that 96 percent of the population had access to two or fewer cable broadband providers. It’s almost at if they’ve agreed to stay out of each other’s way like drug cartels.”
Indeed.