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> People like that could get by with dial up Speeds 10x that shouldn't even be an option in 2020 honestly. It's a failure of capitalism that they are.
by AsyncAwait 6y ago
> People like that could get by with dial up
Speeds 10x that shouldn't even be an option in 2020 honestly. It's a failure of capitalism that they are.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoWe shouldn’t blame capitalism for the obvious outcome of government-granted monopolies held by maybe one telco and one cableco if you’re lucky.
- cmurf 6y agoHow are they monopolies? Competition is allowed. They choose to not compete in markets, either by not entering the market or buying up competitors. America used to have a stronger take on competition law, but for decades it's considered anti-business government regulation.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoGoogle Fiber only launched in a handful of cities where the local bureaucracy had committed to bypassing many longstanding procedural barriers. They found laying new cables to be all but impossible everywhere else.
- AsyncAwait 6y agoDo you think consistent campaign contributions to both parties, relentless industry lobbying and this all being perfectly legal may have something to do with it as well?