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Cable Companies vs Open Access?

The tele communications act actually had surprising, long lasting impacts on the internet. And that includes its structure. The cable companies said, well, hay, we can get in and try to compete,. But then there was a pretty big debate. Would the cable companies works be kind of controlled by a single company only allowed one company to provide internet access over the cable network? Or would the cable companies be required to have an open access regime where any number of companies, small selex and others could compete to provide services to cable companies? I leads us to the net neutrality debate, which relates to open access. Should phome companies or cable companies, pick and choose preferred internet providers? should they

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