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that's exactly the same issue though. anybody who can potentially eat into the profits of the big ISPs simply gets bought up. that's why the only hope is muni
by notatoad 3y ago
that's exactly the same issue though. anybody who can potentially eat into the profits of the big ISPs simply gets bought up.
that's why the only hope is municipal fibre - we've all seen what happens to the new ISP who's going to save us from the greedy telcos, they disappear. municipal governments are at least a little bit resistant to being bought.
- kortilla 3y agoGoogle fiber got bought out? No, the issue is that nobody can compete because of NIMBYs and regulatory capture. Comcast doesn’t buy competitors, it just picks up regional cable providers in areas it doesn’t already own. Companies that try to compete without government intervention are doomed to fail.