I've wanted ISPs to be regulated as utilities for a while now. Of course, that's just been the opinion of myself and a scattering of private individuals, while the view of "let private competition take care of things" has been the stated position, backed up by significant paid lobbying, of the ISPs that would be the target of that regulation. Unsurprisingly, the ISPs have had their way, resulting in a lack of competition and elevated prices for consumers.
While this won't be enough on its own to change the state of things, in my opinion, I have to take heart from the union representing technical workers for some major ISPs pushing legislation to get ISPs regulated as utilities. After all, it's one thing for random yahoos like me to say regulate ISPs, it's quite another for the very tech workers for those ISPs to collectively say it's a good thing.
