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For one thing, cable TV companies (who are the only practical ISP in many areas) don't want competition and have no reason to do it themselves.
by jpindar 10y ago
For one thing, cable TV companies (who are the only practical ISP in many areas) don't want competition and have no reason to do it themselves.
- ianai 10y agoThey're not going to exist in every locality. My relatives are still on satellite and dial up.
- gwright 10y agoIt is worse than that. Of course they don't want competition but the the monopoly services areas are an artifact of legislative deal making. So the current situation is codified in law and would need to be changed. Monopoly service areas for universal service offering was the deal.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoThis is a huge barrier, there is a lot of 'rent' money being doled out to 'sole providers'