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| monopoly part 2 Soon(er than you think) it will come time to break up the big 3 telecom companies: Verizon, At&t, and Comcast into itty bitty bits...
the first round was for Plain Old Telephone Service, this next round (was probably inevitable) will be for broadband.
Yes, it's a matter when, not if... but what it means is these companies will be broken down as they have too much control of the last mile. Alot of trust & faith was put in them and exclusions to competition made... (ie conditions of merger). Once that fundamental trust is broken, they no longer deserve either their A. Pole position lock on the last mile infrastructure, or B. Market size as a corporation. We will see which is option they like the least...
Maybe these 3 companies think consumers have been asleep as to the unfair business practices & anti-competitive nature of these companies, but they're not.. The tippng point will come when Verizon uses its market power to charge higher prices AND charge by the bit. Make no mistake, they put at risk their entire investment in FTTP on the line which is nearing 30 Billion and more contractual commitments made which are in process. There's more at stake than the ability to consume as much badwidth as one wants.. freedom to choose amongst providers was exchanged for good stewardship of the last mile.. for companies to limit, sell off (unprofitable ROI geographies), lobby away competition and other deceptive & anti-consumer practices they will have a reckoning coming sooner or later and will have to answer for these behaviors. The only difference is Comcast will be in the mix of regulation of the telcom industry as a major broadband player.. no longer are cable companies exempt from scrutiny as well. |
