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Yeah, because if I have a problem with my ISP, I'll just head to the bank, borrow a few hundred billion and build my own backbone.

• jquery 17y ago
  This is sort of funny, but despite receiving many more upvotes than its parent, it displays a startling lack of understanding of the capitalist system. More likely than you borrowing a few "hundred billion," large, midsize, and even small corporations would invest a "few million" in a city or neighborhood somewhere and use the profits to continue investing in other profitable areas. They might even collaborate and start connecting entire cities together (oh look, a backbone). I find this a much more desirable outcome than a government-run or (the current) psuedo-government run scenario.
  • jbooth 17y ago
    Well, ok Mr. Capitalist, why hasn't that happened yet? It's certainly not because the existing cable companies' sterling customer service leaves no room for improvement.
    • dantheman 17y ago
      It hasn't happened because most communities grant a monopoly to their cable provider so their can only be one legal cable company in a given area.