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> Comcast's flagrant disregard for customer satisfaction, or even their basic human dignity, is a striking testament to the failure of regulators to ensure adeq
by qudat 11y ago
> Comcast's flagrant disregard for customer satisfaction, or even their basic human dignity, is a striking testament to the failure of regulators to ensure adequate competition in this space.
I'd argue that government regulations have done nothing in this space but reinforce coercive monopolies. I think you're taking the wrong approach, we need to deregulate this space and allow real competition to thrive.
- superuser2 11y agoNo one's getting the capital to climb on to every telephone pole, dig up every street, etc. Deregulation just leaves Comcast to do whatever it wants. I'd love to see massive consoldiation of the reserved-for-government portion of the EM spectrum so we could reasonably do this wirelessly.
- nostrebored 11y agoExcept for Comcast, at&t, and time warner, who have been getting massive subsidies to improve infrastructure to far beyond what it is today. I think the case could be made that this prohibits new players from entering.
- JamesBarney 11y agoI'd be interested in examples where deregulated utilities have worked out well.