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> Seriously. I don't understand why there isn't a movement to regulate ISP's like utilities at this point. Why aren't mayors and governors running on this as a
by cameronbrown 6y ago
> Seriously. I don't understand why there isn't a movement to regulate ISP's like utilities at this point. Why aren't mayors and governors running on this as a major plank?
Who do you think gave them these monopolies in the first place?
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- ravenstine 6y agoExactly. They're making money!
- Retric 6y agoYour local power, water, trash, etc company's have a local monopoly and serious regulation. Internet just has the monopoly bit.
- zdragnar 6y agoMy local trash company, in fact, does not have a monopoly. The city I left to move to where I am now implemented a monopoly trash service shortly after I left, and gave my street to a trash hauler that is quite possibly the most consumer hostile company I have ever had the displeasure of working with... worse by far than Comcast. Also interestingly, internet options were Comcast or I think Quest fiber. Sucks to be whoever bought my house, I guess.
- war1025 6y agoThere are like four different trash services we can pick from. It's kind of crazy to me. I guess when all you need is a truck, it's not a hard business to get into.
- lioeters 6y agoThat's the answer to why most Americans have "no real choice" in Internet service providers, as well in countless other services like healthcare, where anti-competitive behavior has become normalized and tolerated (or actively encouraged) legally. Even when it's not legally a "monopoly", it's a collusion among the most powerful corporations and their revolving-door regulators that allow continued exploitation of the public.