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No, it's due to privatization. The Bundespost would simply lay cables because they're needed, without any silly market games.
by anoncake 6y ago
No, it's due to privatization. The Bundespost would simply lay cables because they're needed, without any silly market games.
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoThe Bundespost would have you rent a slow, outdated modem and disallowed connecting any devices from the private market. Source: this is was actually happened when they still had the monopoly.
- anoncake 6y agoIt did, yes, but that policy could have easily been changed without privatization. Private companies often had the same policy ("Routerzwang") until the state stopped them. Whereas misaligned incentives are a direct consequence of trying to manage a natural monopoly using markets.