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Does that rule really apply to regional monopolists, though? This is why I don't like some of the states' proposals for bringing fiber there by giving even mor
by salient 13y ago
Does that rule really apply to regional monopolists, though?
This is why I don't like some of the states' proposals for bringing fiber there by giving even more such regional monopolies to companies. Fiber is great, if they do make it happen, and don't trick us like they did the last time when they received hundreds of billions of dollars, but giving them regional monopolies just means we'll go through this again in 10-15 years, when we'll need to upgrade to quantum Internet or whatever.
The solution is to let companies fight it out, not give them special privileges/monopoly in order to "bring something" to a community.
- maxsilver 13y ago> Does that rule really apply to regional monopolists, though? Exactly. Comcast is a bad example in this article, because they have near 100% complete monopoly control over the vast majority of the markets that they serve. (And what little competition they have from DSL is almost never remotely competitive) If you have 100% monopoly, then you can have terrible customer service, spam everyone with marketing offers, and have it work. Your a monopoly, your customers have no other choice than to do business with you, regardless of how terrible you are.