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I am in SF and the only provider or gigabit fiber in my building is comcast. A true competitive market does not exist (not unless you consider 15mbps DSL as an
by chrischen 9y ago
I am in SF and the only provider or gigabit fiber in my building is comcast.
A true competitive market does not exist (not unless you consider 15mbps DSL as an alternative to 1000mbps fiber) and therefore the reality of “competition” in the ISP market is abusive monopolies or oligopolies, just like how the reality of communist regimes are abusive authoritarianism.
- RA_Fisher 9y agoSounds like you have a healthy amount of competition in SF. I bet you could write down at least six providers if you include cellular internet. That sounds like a very healthy market to me, what's the claim? That you only have one gigabit option? I remember feeling the same way when I only had 33.6k with AOL 20 years ago. The advancement has been really incredible. Regarding the abusiveness of authoritarian regimes, I'd suggest the book(s), "The Gulag Archipelago."
- chrischen 9y agoNope, T-Mobile specifically caps mobile LTE usage to prevent people from using unlimited LTE as a replacement for home internet. And even that is about 20-40 mbps.