Comment by DanAndersen
8 years ago
>I don't like the idea of letting a government body regulate how a communications company how to run their business.
This makes me wonder if phone companies have the right to disconnect customers based on political speech they don't like.
If, say, Verizon decided they didn't want to "facilitate extremism," and decided to cancel the plans of politically unpopular organizations or its members, is that allowed? What if they decide that they don't want to have any of that 'filth' on their network, and disconnect anyone communicating to/from Verizon numbers if they are politically undesirable?
Ideally then those politically unpopular organizations and their members would move to Sprint, ATT, or another carrier who would love to have some new customers.
You should have a look at the list of things the payment processors have disallowed ...
Also note that telecoms companies have the law on their side against "obscene" or "harassing" phone calls, in a way that doesn't seem to apply to other internet communications.