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I don't see why it's obviously yes. Broadband providers can compete with each other in a way that the water utility or roads cannot.
by missedthecue 2y ago
I don't see why it's obviously yes. Broadband providers can compete with each other in a way that the water utility or roads cannot.
- scarface_74 2y agoHow? A broadband provider either has to create infrastructure costing billions hidden like water utilities or use over the air internet which has it own limitations based on spectrum and not all spectrum being usable for data transmission.
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- aaomidi 2y agoRight but that infrastructure is getting created either way, especially when you have power companies starting regional ISPs!
- doctorpangloss 2y ago> Broadband providers can compete. They can, but they don't unless forced to.
- pksebben 2y agoFor real. In my area, you can choose between xfinity or comcast and if you don't like those hope you enjoy satellite for way too much money and awful latency. Spoiler for the uninformed: Xfinity and Comcast are the same entity.
- vel0city 2y agoNot really, not unless we enforce last mile unbundling. There's not going to be multiple fiber lines run to every house in my neighborhood for the same reasons why there aren't multiple power lines or multiple water lines or multiple sewer lines.