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Seems to show the opposite point: there is no law requiring BK to not have a, say, faster drive thru or counter for more money. Yet we survive.

whichfawkes 9y ago
Fast food has competition, unlike internet service.
- Elmar69 9y ago
  I feel as if competition could make ISP's strive to provide reliable and fast connections if they had competition.
- crazy1van 9y ago
  Which I think illustrates how NN is just nibbling at the edges of the problem. Competition is the real solution. If we could get the same lobbying efforts and grass roots passion behind removing local barriers to entry in the ISP market as there is behind NN, I think we'd be much better off.
jtgeibel 9y ago
Well BK operates in a very competitive industry, and I'm not aware of any major (or even minor) player doing something like this. I know if I was waiting in line watching other people get their food first because they can afford to pay a premium for that service (thus pushing my order further back in the queue), I would ask for my money back and would not return because there are hundreds of other food options available in my city. If BK was the only food option available in my city (and local community supported alternatives outlawed at the state level), then I guess I would just have to live with it, or go without.
- kodablah 9y ago
  Right, so an extremely flawed analogy. Muddies the water I'd say, and I am disappointed it gets large coverage without pointing out the glaring flaw. But a nice way for them to get their name in the proverbial paper, let's just hope they haven't taken coverage away from more apt stories on the issue since there's surely a limit before saturation occurs.
- crazy1van 9y ago
  > If BK was the only food option available in my city (and local community supported alternatives outlawed at the state level) Then the best solution would be to rally support to change the law to allow more food options to operate in your city. Spending time trying to dictate exactly how your one food option should operate its cashier line won't give you nearly as improved a consumer experience as getting a few competitors to open up.
gkya 9y ago
Well you can cook at home, but you can't just start an internet for yourself, as its value comes from all the other computers connected to it. It's not very fruitful to stretch the analogy in every direction. This does demonstrate, albeit approximatively, the situation.

whichfawkes 9y ago

Fast food has competition, unlike internet service.

Elmar69 9y ago
I feel as if competition could make ISP's strive to provide reliable and fast connections if they had competition.
crazy1van 9y ago
Which I think illustrates how NN is just nibbling at the edges of the problem. Competition is the real solution. If we could get the same lobbying efforts and grass roots passion behind removing local barriers to entry in the ISP market as there is behind NN, I think we'd be much better off.

jtgeibel 9y ago

Well BK operates in a very competitive industry, and I'm not aware of any major (or even minor) player doing something like this. I know if I was waiting in line watching other people get their food first because they can afford to pay a premium for that service (thus pushing my order further back in the queue), I would ask for my money back and would not return because there are hundreds of other food options available in my city. If BK was the only food option available in my city (and local community supported alternatives outlawed at the state level), then I guess I would just have to live with it, or go without.

kodablah 9y ago
Right, so an extremely flawed analogy. Muddies the water I'd say, and I am disappointed it gets large coverage without pointing out the glaring flaw. But a nice way for them to get their name in the proverbial paper, let's just hope they haven't taken coverage away from more apt stories on the issue since there's surely a limit before saturation occurs.
crazy1van 9y ago
> If BK was the only food option available in my city (and local community supported alternatives outlawed at the state level) Then the best solution would be to rally support to change the law to allow more food options to operate in your city. Spending time trying to dictate exactly how your one food option should operate its cashier line won't give you nearly as improved a consumer experience as getting a few competitors to open up.

gkya 9y ago

Well you can cook at home, but you can't just start an internet for yourself, as its value comes from all the other computers connected to it. It's not very fruitful to stretch the analogy in every direction. This does demonstrate, albeit approximatively, the situation.