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uteck
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Re: Yes, too bad indeed.
If it were "Soviet-style Central Planning" then the city would decide who can access what, which might have happened. I have no love for SBC, but I can easily see a city government installing spy-ware to spot "terrorists and criminals". You may not realize this, but many of the sole providers have leagely binding contracts that grant them a monopoly in order to entice them to provide service in the first place. Thoughs places will just have to wait until the contracts expire, | |
Kaltes
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join:2002-12-04
Los Angeles, CA
| A government monopoly is accountable to the public precisely because this nation *IS* a democracy. Monopolies are bad, but if given the choice between a government monopoly and a private monopoly, I will take the government every time.
Besides, this situation does not involve a government monopoly. Private entities are free to lower their prices and compete with the utility, and they can manage it because these companies are so huge that they can service the area cheaper than the utility.
BUT even though Comcast *CAN* do it better, they CHOOSE NOT TO, because they DO NOT CARE about anything but squeezing the most profit possible out of residents. The utility's greatest benefit to the citizens is in keeping the incumbents honest.
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