Comcast Is Lobbying Against DNS Encryption
ISPs are dying to find some sort of &quot;value add&quot; to get more revenue, but it&#x27;s just not there.  ISPs need to realize that they are strictly a utility now.  All the value that they could possibly add can be obtained from any other company now.  They used to provide TV service, but nobody wants linear TV and can just send their money directly to the company that produces the TV content and have it delivered over IP.  They used to provide phone service, but nobody wants phone service; they have a cell phone and can get a fake landline from any number of companies for almost no money.  They used to provide a DNS resolver, but they used the DNS resolver to inject fake addresses, so the power has been moved away from them.  They used to provide Usenet, but their &quot;content partners&quot; didn&#x27;t like that, so now you get Usenet from a third-party provider.<p>IP is just too versatile.  All customers want from their ISP is the dumbest possible pipe, because they can get all other services over that pipe and pick the best deals.  If you aren&#x27;t interested in infrastructure, then you shouldn&#x27;t be an ISP.<p>(That said, I don&#x27;t see why companies like Comcast aren&#x27;t pursuing things like becoming Cloudflare or AWS.  &quot;Click here to host your docker container 1ms away from 87% of the US population,&quot; seems like a service that could make a lot of money.)