TheMadSwede
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Re: Depends on the situation
said by King P  :A lot of people probably thought that Power and Telephone were luxuries when they were first introduced, however we now know that it isn't true in today's time But it was true in that time -- right where broadband could be considered to be today. That doesn't mean it isn't important. Just not important enough to be a utility.
But the real reason people want to rush to classify broadband as a utility has little to do with putting any sort of metrics on its value in people's lives and more to do with forcing the providers hands. Utility = regulation = moves that may (or may not?) be good for the consumer, but bad for the company.
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