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Ironically, for “competition” you might well have said “free market capitalism”. Except that provision of basic mono-utilities such as drinking water, roads, a
by gorgoiler 6y ago
Ironically, for “competition” you might well have said “free market capitalism”.
Except that provision of basic mono-utilities such as drinking water, roads, and The Internet is probably best provided by the state. At least the cell phone tower part, leaving the internet exchange part upwards to private companies.
(This pre supposes a level of benevolence / lack of malevolence from the state, or a faith in protocols further up the stack to have end to end security. At least one of these exists.)
- martinmunk 6y agoBoth the 4G infrastructure, and internet lines dug in the ground has beenopened up by law, so new providers can rent their way into existence for a reasonable price. Before then, the national monopoly that was TDC was horrible to deal with, and still is. I signed up for a fiber line for our office with them, and they’ve so far provided as bad a service as possible without breach of contract. Competition is good, sometimes lawmakers are needed to make that happen.