[westbywest]

Thank you very much for this perspective from a smaller ISP. Regulation specifically written to address the worst practices of the largest actors in a market can indeed place disproportionate burden on the smaller players. I.e. regulation is always imperfect, especially when lawmakers become zealous about issuing only minimal regs, neglecting nuance. My question, tho, is what sort of regulation in broadband service would you see as beneficial? If you're a WISP, your wire-line competitors hang their service on publicly funded utility poles for attachment fees that don't really share the burden of maintenance. Just ask electric customers experiencing consistently rising bills. Those competitors will continue to depress the level playing field to tilt towards them, which can dramatically stifle innovation too.