> there was a monopoly on phone service in the 70s that exceeds the monopoly on cloud hosting today Yes, and as part of that _regulated_ monopoly, they were re

> there was a monopoly on phone service in the 70s that exceeds the monopoly on cloud hosting today Yes, and as part of that _regulated_ monopoly, they were required to provide "universal" service: it didn't matter how remote the customer was or how inconvenient it would be to provide them with service, telephone service had to be provided to anyone who was willing to pay the (regulated) monthly fee.