telecom act of 1996 initial goals Reads off slide Prices would go down and would take off the need for regulation When there isn t much competition the companies don t serve very well Should we go back to a higher level of regulation for internet service than we had We still regulated phone service We maximized their economic internet and not the public interest Their can be conflicts this way telecom act of 1996 results vertical and horizontal integration concentrated ownership power of media companies consequences diversity quality cost benefits We have concentrated ownership and power maybe we have limited the diversity of ideas Cartoon in theory we have the right of free speech maybe internet is effective and free speech but not as effective as 11 radio stations on clear channel Or owning everything that Fox news owns Did the 1996 act permit those guys Sony Fox Time Warner etc to get bigger in a way that prejudice is the interest of the rest of us
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