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You can't regulate away the physical cost of building millions of miles of fibre optics cables or a trillion dollar semiconductor fabrication plant. There are m
by jjmarr 3y ago
You can't regulate away the physical cost of building millions of miles of fibre optics cables or a trillion dollar semiconductor fabrication plant. There are many barriers to entry that aren't created by companies or governments.
- DrJokepu 3y agoThe fiber optic cables you can definitely regulate. You can make a law that prohibits owners of last mile fiber optic cables from operating retail ISPs and that they are required to allow any retail ISP to lease their last mile infrastructure. I’m not advocating for this solution, I’m just saying that it’s possible.
- tomrod 3y agoFiber is not the only medium available for transfer, and an unregulated vertical monopoly is not the only utility business model.