Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on ISPs’ refusal to upgrade networks | Ars Technica
Mark Tinka
mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Thu Mar 20 16:05:22 UTC 2014
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 04:18:59 PM Patrick W. Gilmore
wrote:
> "The market" can only "work around" things if there is a
> functioning market. Monopolies are not a functioning
> market.
When did we ever have a "functioning market", even in
markets that are considered "liberalized" :-)?
It is what it is - it's just less bad in some places than
others.
> There will be a solution - in fact, there is today.
> Doesn't mean it is optimal. In fact, in the presence of
> a monopoly, it is pretty much guaranteed to be
> sub-optimal.
Aye.
Mark.
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