Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
JC Dill
jcdill.lists at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 06:16:58 UTC 2010
On 15/12/10 9:29 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>
> The underlying problem, of course, is lack of usable last-mile competition;
I agree.
> see also my running rant about Verizon-inspired state laws *forbidding*
> municipalities to charter monopoly transport-only fiber providers, renting
> to all comers on non-discriminatory terms, which is the only practical
> way I can see to fix any of this.
The problem is that this should have been addressed 5-10 years ago, when
there *were* alternative ISPs who could have provided competition. Now
that Comcast has a monopoly on cable, and fiber is so bleeping expensive
to install, at best we might get *one* alternative to Comcast, and a
duopoly is really no better (for consumers, for the marketplace) than a
monopoly.
jc
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