said by Mashiki:That's not really true. Take a look at carriage and deployment rules in the US, where there are mandated monopolies. The *insert company* is the only game in town, much like what is happening in places here. You have no other option, but there is other options when you're outside of their mandated area.
There's no overlap in cableco's - that's true... BUT - to look at it from a service level; there's no service a cableco offers, that you can't get from someone else...
Internet? Cableco, TPIA, DSL, Wireless, and Cellular are all options.
TV? Cableco, OTA, DTH, IPTV, and Telco (in certain regions).
Phone? Cableco, Cellular, VoIP, ILEC, CLEC...
There's nothing Rogers offers, that you can't get from someone else... So, at least in my mind, they aren't a monopoly. I'd buy a duopoly/ogolopoly argument; but certainly not a true monopoly...
Anyways - we're playing semantics here now...