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> Infrastructure businesses are very expensive. There is no easy solution short of the government seizing the cable infrastructure, which would set such a dange
by nextw33k 12y ago
> Infrastructure businesses are very expensive. There is no easy solution short of the government seizing the cable infrastructure, which would set such a dangerous precedent that it would probably destroy our economy.
This is scaremongering, in the UK we have BT the almost national monopoly and Ofcom the regulator.
BT is required to grant competitors access to its infrastructure for cost price, which Ofcom sets. The UK has faster and cheaper broadband than the USA.
The American internet service provider market in no way sounds like capitalism but it does sound like protectionism. Just because you live is a country that is capitalist doesn't mean everything is.