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>why cant they build out competing networks if the prices get too high or the services they want to deliver require them? Probably for the same reason why ther

• dominotw 8y ago
  > restrictions on laying cable in residential areas. So its #comcast4Lyfe for me :\? Also I am wondering whats stopping comcast from increasing the price by 500% tomorrow. How does the pricing work if they are just monopolies.
  • pixl97 8y ago
    > How does the pricing work if they are just monopolies. City granted monopolies. Here's how your plan would work. >Comcast increases prices 500% (we'll ignore everyone cancelling their service). >People complain to the city, and they realize the city contracts that allowed them to do this were voted for by the politicians. >All public officials get replaced next election. Comcast contracts get nulled and they lose their monopoly. The key to raising prices is to do it slowly enough that only a small number of people are angry at any one moment. You raise prices, then wait till anger fatigue sets in, then raise them somewhere else.
• coldcode 8y ago
  I have lots of choices for an ISP, as long as I only chose Spectrum, or use passenger pigeons to transmit packets. Given that they are extinct, my choice is rather limited. A relative in another state has three fibers in her yard because of Google. Competition is what drives prices, no competition, prices are adjustable as long as its up.