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We already did this. CLECs popped up and offered DSL and cable internet services for a while, throughout the late 90s and early 00s. Here's the real reason com
by beams_of_light 4y ago
We already did this. CLECs popped up and offered DSL and cable internet services for a while, throughout the late 90s and early 00s.
Here's the real reason competition doesn't pop up in the footprint of the incumbents - when they do, the incumbents sue them into submission.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/one-big-reason-we-lack-internet-competition-starting-an-isp-is-really-hard/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/one-b...
- glasss 4y agoThey sue and buy each other out, it's happened repeatedly across every industry that ma bell was broken up into.
- Finnucane 4y agorinse and repeat.
- walrus01 4y agothe modern trend is for cable operators to amalagamate themselves together, if you look at the investment group that bought Wave/RCN/Grande and similar as an example.