[wodencafe]

I had never heard of this until now, thanks!

Now the tougher question, what can we do about it?

[nobodyorother]

Publicly funded elections that invalidate capture; follow Larry Lessig.

[afarrell]

The difficult thing is finding people who are highly knowledgeable about the telecom industry who are not in the employ of the telecom industry and don't hope to be.

[megiddo]

Nothing really. The agency is acting as intended, namely as a regulatory body serving the interests of the major industry players at the expense of minor operators and customers.

The best solution is to simply eliminate the agency.

[wfo]

And since the only ostensibly pro-consumer voice with any power (the FCC) is acting in the interest of major industry players right now, we should give the major industry players complete control forever, even if a pro-consumer administration takes power sometime in the future?