Verizon buying Frontier. Charter buying Cox.<p>So we're mostly down to AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Charter.<p>Verizon previously tried to merge with Charter back in 2017, but that didn't work out.[1]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-is-exploring-combination-with-cable-firm-charter-communications-1485439901" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-is-exploring-combinatio...</a>
It's troubling that regulatory decisions—especially ones as consequential as telecom mergers—are being linked to culture war issues like DEI. Regardless of one’s stance on DEI, using merger approvals as leverage to shape corporate HR policies feels like a distortion of the FCC's role. The focus should be on competition, service quality, and consumer impact, not ideology. If the goal is better broadband and more choices, tying that to internal company programs seems like a strange detour.
"DEI discimination".<p>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion... Discrimination.<p>What is it with Donald's administration that they so eagerly embrace DoubleThink?
So newly-enlarged (and emboldened) ISPs will happily screw over white folks and people of color without a hint of bias, now that's what I call progress marching forward.
Carr has been pretty clear the FCC will do whatever Trump wants despite their status as an independent agency. Mergers and spectrum and whatever will be handed out to politically compliant outlets.