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Re: We want the Government to MANDATE competition? said by skuv :
So what we want is the Government mandating competition? Just how are they going to accomplish that?
Tell the cable companies that paid for their own networks and the telcos that paid for their own fiber builds to disconnect from their wires and cables and let someone else use them?
You can't mandate competition. If competition were viable, meaning that a profit could be made by the 3rd or 4th competitor to enter a market, then it would have been done already. Since in most localities, there is very little that is stopping competition other than the cost of building a network.
The Government can't force a company to become a competitor in a market or in all markets. So what exactly do you want them to do?
A 3rd competitor that can afford to do the initial build into a market is not going to be able to take enough customers from the incumbents to make a profit and keep prices competitive. The best they could do is build, come in with lower prices, steal some customers, then the incumbents lower their prices, and the customers stop bleeding. Then the 3rd competitor slowly disappears as they are making no money.
I don't see how you expect the Government to magically create competition.
Then why has line sharing worked in Europe?
Guess what? I just proved you wrong. Sucks to be you. |
