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From the US Department of Justice Federal Trade Commission, An Antitrust Primer: 'Market division or allocation schemes are agreements in which competitors d
by antihipocrat 5y ago
From the US Department of Justice Federal Trade Commission, An Antitrust Primer:
'Market division or allocation schemes
are agreements in which competitors
divide markets among themselves. In such
schemes, competing firms allocate
specific customers or types of customers,
products, or territories among themselves.'
'This primer briefly describes the most common antitrust violations and
outlines those conditions and events that indicate anticompetitive collusion.'
- inetknght 5y agoWhen I was querying Windstream and AT&T for internet service, one refused to build new service, even if we paid for the construction cost, because the other was already in the area.
- thegagne 5y agoThe question is are they doing it because it’s not cost effective and they don’t have the infrastructure to compete, or because of an internal agreement not to intrude on each others turf?
- inetknght 5y ago> The question is are they doing it because it’s not cost effective and they don’t have the infrastructure to compete If it's cost prohibitive then the solution is common carrier status to become like electrical distribution network. If it's not cost prohibitive that then the solution is criminal prosecution. It doesn't matter whether or not there's a formal internal agreement; there's clearly intent and informal collusion. Unfortunately I don't have the answer here. And it was 9 years ago so well beyond meaning other than an anecdote.