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Being pessimistic... as the European Telecoms becomes "truly European", the carriers will probably start merging. Eventually you'll wind up where we are in the

Being pessimistic... as the European Telecoms becomes "truly European", the carriers will probably start merging. Eventually you'll wind up where we are in the US, with a couple of huge carriers, a moderately sized carrier, and some small carriers that barely count. And then they'll start colluding, and providing poor service because they don't have to compete anymore. Welcome to the club.

silon5 13y ago
It's about time to progressively tax (VAT, not profit) companies in "monopoly" markets.
- fosap 13y ago
  In germany companies in monopoly markets (e.g. power transmission) have a fixed profit margin (I think 10%).
lmm 13y ago
The EU can and will act to block mergers it considers to be anticompetitive.