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More deregulation would provide the threat of having more competition later, so it would be a factor of development. There are others factors at play too of cou
by ttoinou 8y ago
More deregulation would provide the threat of having more competition later, so it would be a factor of development. There are others factors at play too of course, and net neutrality doesn't seem to be going in the right direction.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 8y agoSo, deregulating sewer pipes will cause a second set of sewers to be built, which will lead to more competition and cheaper prices? Last-mile networks are natural monopolies, building even only two networks necessarily causes half of the capacity to be unused, which is extremely inefficient, which is why it doesn't happen (among other reasons).
- KozmoNau7 8y agoIt makes absolutely no sense to build multiple redundant last mile feeds. It doesn't make sense for water, it doesn't make sense for electricity, it doesn't make sense for sewers and it doesn't make sense for internet connections. ISPs that own the last mile connections obviously don't want to share infrastructure with their competitors, because that would break their de facto monopolies. The only sensible solution is to regulate them into selling access to competitors. It has worked extremely well here, fostering genuine competition, based on pricing and features, not just simple access.