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Why? It's what they are (well, should be).

• yoz-y 11y ago
  Because being a simple provider of infrastructure removes any added value from your product and opens you to a price race to the bottom. Of course there will not be a slew of new ISPs given the cost of the infrastructure but it is never a good feeling when you know that people can simply ditch your service and go elsewhere without any cost. This is what happened to the mobile market, to the PC market, is currently (somewhat) happening in small scale public transportation and (at least in Europe) has happened to food producers.
  • jimktrains2 11y ago
    > price race to the bottom You can only race if you have competitors.
    • yoz-y 11y ago
      But there are several ISPs out there. Granted, it is a very hard market to get into but nevertheless there is (most of the time) more than one. Personally I'd like the Internet infrastructure be handled more like roads (i.e.: the infrastructure is technically owned by the government but built by and rented to private companies)