Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

Well the government considers it because the carriers throw a lot of money their way. They have a very strong lobbying group and have increased political donations and lobbying funds ten fold. It's the same reason why oil companies get tax breaks, they buy congressmen.

There is little incentive to pass it besides making the carriers a ton of money. Their argument is that they have to pay for the infrastructure and expanding the net. The problem is that the government already gives them hundreds of millions in tax breaks and grants that usually just get pocketed.

Here is a little more information on our great Telcos and what they do with money:

http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm