Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to JakCrow
Re: Too Big for Their Britches
You want 10 billion? Regardless the point still stands - It is impossible to compete against a monopoly, which is why they are a monopoly. It is also impossible for 99% of the service providers to build out their own infrastructure to even try to begin to compete, which reinforces that monopoly.
You need it "dumbed down" any more? |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA | The bells interfering with competitors trying to build out their own networks also doesn't help the situation. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| That is absolutely true.
That is more or less what I meant by ".... because of the extreme barriers to entry even when you remove money from the picture. That is compounded by the monopolistic strategies employed by the companies that are already in the service." Generally areas with the best services and prices are those with the most competition. Areas close to setting up a competitive service get put on some sudden "upgrade plan" or as in the case of muni's the local monopolies simply try to crush them with misleading and false PR information. |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA
| I believe there was a case of a local phone company serving a small area in Texas that had built up its own network, and SBC tried to get a bill pushed thru the state legislature that would have forced this small phone company to give SBC half its profits for interconnect fees. I don't know what came of it. |
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