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This OpEd is written by Ken Engelhart[1], former VP of regulatory affairs at Rogers Communication in Canada. He spent most of his professional life lobbying the Canadian government on behalf of their near-monopoly cable and wireless provider. I'm confident that the new FCC regulations are very much in line with what he would like to see in Canada, and not at all in line with the public's own interests.

[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-engelhart-591a204/

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Which is why I found this part hilarious: "And there’s still competition: Some markets may have just one cable provider, but phone companies offer increasingly comparable internet access — so if the cable provider slowed down or blocked some sites, the phone company could soak up the affected customers simply by promising not to do so."

As bad as Rogers is, Bell Canada is much worse with regards to NN. And both would like nothing better than than to prevent all the other ISPs from being able to lease the last mile from them.

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