| reply to CJSettles
Re: To put some context on things Though I applaud your efforts, I must ask: why put out the report if you know that it has major discrepancies in the very point you are trying to make?
As noted, if a state has 10 providers each sharing 10% it would look like competitive nirvana there. However, if each of those 10 were serving completely different people and not actually competing for the same consumers then your report is completely false and misleading.
Competition means there are multiple companies (not just 1 or 2 or even 3 in many cases) trying to win over the consumer that is easily able to switch between them. Do a report on that county by county and then compare it to your income, housing, and whatever other stats you want. Then and only then will you see what lack of competition there is in a vast majority of this country. |
| Agreed, while I appreciate Mr. Settles work and commentary elsewhere, this report should have never been published. It is meaningless, to the point of being misleading, and tells us (and the reporters who wrote about it) nothing about the *TRUE* state of competition at the local level. |
