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Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and Time Warner all serve different cable networks. They rarely overlap, so you don't have that choice 99% of the time. And it isn't re
by zanny 12y ago
Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and Time Warner all serve different cable networks. They rarely overlap, so you don't have that choice 99% of the time.
And it isn't really implicitly evil, because they just own the coax in the area and it obviously is not worth the investment to lay redundant wires.
- toyg 12y ago>they just own the coax in the area and it obviously is not worth the investment to lay redundant wires Sooner or later, this sort of thing must be addressed with a "public utility" perspective in mind -- not just in US but here in Europe as well. Why can I use different gas providers, or different electricity providers, or even different water providers in some countries, without pipe ownership being a factor? Answer: better laws. A degree of resource-sharing is forced upon providers by law, for the benefit of consumers.