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Why would competition be unable to rise?
by pitaj 10y ago
Why would competition be unable to rise?
- ajmurmann 10y agoBecause Time Warner's competition needs to rely on AT&T's network to deliver their content.
- drieddust 10y agoA big player with deep pockets can also make it a losing game for new player even if they can find alternate channels to reach consumer.
- rhino369 10y agoTo deliver their content to some of their customers. AT&T only controls ~30% of mobile and a lot less than 30% of the landline ISP market. Google and Apple control much more of the market via handset OS's. And we let them control media on their devices. And after Net Neutrality, it's not even legal to discriminate against competitors traffic.
- rhino369 10y agoTo deliver their content to some of their customers. AT&T only controls ~30% of mobile and a lot less than 30% of the landline ISP market. Google and Apple control much more of the market via handset OS's. And we let them control media on their devices. And after Net Neutrality, it's not even legal to discriminate against competitors traffic.
- pavs 10y agoStarting an ISP is insanely expensive and needs long (10-15 years) wait before you start seeing any profit, if at all.