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The only monopoly is the government granted monopoly, ma bell was one.
by dantheman 6y ago
The only monopoly is the government granted monopoly, ma bell was one.
- smnrchrds 6y agoSo if Verizon manages to, through mergers and acquisitions and like, get a 100% market share in the US, it would still not be a monopoly, because it is not government granted?
- nyx_ 6y agoOf course not. If you don't like paying the monopoly prices, you can just, uh... you can just start your own backyard wireless telecommunications service provider.
- wbl 6y agoMCI was created to compete with Ma Bell and did so.
- akiselev 6y agoIn Verizon's specific case it would be a government granted monopoly either way. Between infrastructure easements to wireless spectrum to state laws banning municipal competition, that industry is government granted through and through.