 RexterYeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9 | Squashing competition. I don't claim to know, because its Canada, and I simply don't care, but I suspect that governmental interference is keeping the competition out.
That's just how it usually works.
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| said by Rexter:I don't claim to know, because its Canada, and I simply don't care, but I suspect that governmental interference is keeping the competition out. That's just how it usually works. Not really, no. It's a natural monopoly. It's too expensive for a competitor to deploy their own last mile connections. Rogers would just predatory price them out of the market. |
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RexterYeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9 | It's almost never that simple. Monopolies exist 98% of the time because government regulation. But since I don't care enough to research it, I'll concede, this is a 1 in 50 situation.
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 Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | it is the other way around, regulation starts because of monopolies. |
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n0ym
join:2004-12-21
Rockville, MD | reply to Rexter
said by Rexter:It's almost never that simple. Monopolies exist 98% of the time because government regulation. But since I don't care enough to research it, I'll concede, this is a 1 in 50 situation. That's a nice libertarian fantasy. Of course, in the real world, that's not how things work. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | said by n0ym:said by Rexter:It's almost never that simple. Monopolies exist 98% of the time because government regulation. But since I don't care enough to research it, I'll concede, this is a 1 in 50 situation. That's a nice libertarian fantasy. Of course, in the real world, that's not how things work. Really? hrmmmmmm... nice thought.
But, what also creates regulation is when a company is successful at what they do, someone else comes along and wants a piece of that success, can't get into it, so the government seizes the day to find more ways to spend tax payer dollar and take more control.
Often times, those very "regulations" do keep players out because the cost of that regulation, the fees, requirements, etc. are far more than what many smaller entrepreneurs can afford.
Classic example: cable industry and cable boxes.. it's cable's network, plant, and operation, yet other box makers wanted a piece of the pie. While it may be nice to have more choice, I'm still against the government getting involved in something they never started to begin with. Maybe government's role should have been to allow another player into the game and put requirements on them if the people really want the options they cry for.
One thing I will agree with Ronald Reagan - "government isn't the solution government is the problem"... government thinks that it's always doing the best thing for the people, but they do it ALL TOO OFTEN to sloppy and with much corruption that they pretty much always make something bad even worse and can often ruin something good. |
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said by n0ym:said by Rexter:It's almost never that simple. Monopolies exist 98% of the time because government regulation. But since I don't care enough to research it, I'll concede, this is a 1 in 50 situation. That's a nice libertarian fantasy. Of course, in the real world, that's not how things work. Last time I checked Teksavvy never received any subsidies from the government. Rogers and Bell has. So who created the monopolies in the first place? Hard for the competition to compete with tax money. If you want competition you can't have government intervening. |
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RexterYeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9
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Hey, I've got an idea, lets just have an unsubstantiated argument about what reality is!
uuumm.... I'm bored, you win.
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK | reply to fiberguy
Government is people. |
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said by sonicmerlin:Not really, no. It's a natural monopoly. Actually, you're wrong. We have a government-created monopoly due to heavy foreign ownership restrictions that prevent any sort of foreign telecommunications investment. If we didn't have those restrictions, American and European companies would be laying their own fiber and eating the incumbents for lunch.
The current government is looking at lifting those restrictions. Until that happens and we get real competition, we're screwed. |
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Keep your free market fundamentalism on your own side of the border pal. |
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