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> There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not expanding their network while claiming subsidies for exactly You are conflating two things. I haven't read
by cscurmudgeon 3y ago
> There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not expanding their network while claiming subsidies for exactly
You are conflating two things.
I haven't read the book but does the data show they did it in a discriminatory manner, that is they didn't expand to minority areas even when it made business sense?
- Arainach 3y agoCompanies granted monopoly rights in areas don't get to do only the things they claim make "business sense".
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoHilarious. Then why grant them monopoly rights in the first place? Why not remove monopoly rights instead of adding more regulations/bandaids? Does a free market have monopoly rights?
- Arainach 3y ago>Why not remove monopoly rights instead of adding more regulations/bandaids? Because it is in society's interest that utilities be available to all. We don't have a post office for only the areas profitable to deliver to.
- tremon 3y agoDo you really want your street to be dug open every month by a new sewage company laying a connection to one of your neighbours? Because they switched providers?