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Suppose the majority of ISPs was to move to a direction were some significant portion of internet services was "shaped" or throttled in some way that was imposi
by febeling 9y ago
Suppose the majority of ISPs was to move to a direction were some significant portion of internet services was "shaped" or throttled in some way that was imposing real disadvantages or inconveniences for the user: wouldn't that open a seizable opportunity for a new player to offer "real" unrestricted connectivity?
I believe it if someone walks us through the incentive structure here step by step, or explains the natural-monopoly nature of this market or something. But just by implying it or pretending this to obvious I'm not convinced.
- ufo 9y agoIn the US at least, the ISP owns the infrastructure. Many ISPs also have monopolies over "last mile" copper and fiber connections because regulations were originally written assuming that different modes (off the air radio, cellular, etc) would be enough to allow competition.