Republican's hate free market competition. They would rather see a few large monopolies in control of every sector.
And what do monopolies do with their artificially high profits? They pour money into Republican candidates so they have the legal and regulatory infrastructure to continue their monopolies.
I remember when Carter broke up AT&T (ma' bell) in 70s. This is when we saw the birth of the baby bells. As result we have seen sustained competition in telecom for 3 decades. Now, lesser brands like Sprint and T-Mobile are driving over the bones of the living and the dead to give consumers cheaper prices. The result is that Verizon and AT&T have to keep their rates competitive. It also means they have to innovate to keep consumers. Competition is a good thing.
If Republican's have their way there will be no competition on the Internet. It will be controlled by a few massive behemoths who can **** the consumer without fear of losing customers to a smaller more responsive competitor.
First they passed the Patriot Act, and created the most centralized surveillance state in history. Now they are protecting monopolies from having to compete for their customers.
(Will someone tell the OP to turn off talk radio and take his brain back? One day he is going to wake up and realize that he has been lied to by a party that has done the exact opposite of what it promises - and it gets away with this because people like the OP have been seduced by the most powerful pundit class in history)
