Originally Posted By: Derid
The entire monopoly issue can be easily solved by govt getting out of bed with the massive telecoms, and ensuring equal opportunity to infrastructure. This is a long-term solution, that would not be dependent on the politics of a particular day.


Are you familiar with a concept of last mile? Duopolies mostly exist at the last mile and they exist in this way because of municipal laws.

To connect your house you have to ether dig, hang things on the poles, or go through the sewers. Recently extra option of building cell towers was added. These all fall under municipal oversight.

Federal regulation has nothing to do with this. Issue of telecom monopolies has very little to do with federal government. Yes, they get corporate handouts, but this is not what keeps competition out.

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