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> (a commodity really) you mean a utility, right?

• 908B64B197 5y ago
  Both really. Once a location is served by more than one provider, it becomes a commodity (who can sell packets the cheapest).
  • bpye 5y ago
    In many locations, essentially once you get outside of major cities, it is not economical to run more than one line to each property - telecoms often ends up a monopoly, similar to power distribution or water supply. You can lessen the effects by having the physical infrastructure owned by a different entity to the service provided - like in the U.K. with BT Openreach for example, and in that case maybe the service is a commodity - but I don’t think the infrastructure ever really is.
    • midasuni 5y ago
      Wireless, satelite, cable in own ducts, fibre through sewer. There’s multiple ways to deliver ip packets to a property in the country. A better solution could be to have ducts to run whatever owned by the council and available on a RAND basis - sane way roads are, but it’s not essential for competition.