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0 pointsbaskint7y ago0 comments

agree, ISPs, cable-providers and wireless carriers should also be on the top of the list. Same here, there is no alternate to Comcast in where I live offering a similar service. They have been doing very slight improvements in service while almost doubling their prices.

Paying $110/month for a business line with 50 down / 10 up, while recently i was offered then refused a promotion upgrade to $140/month with 150 down / 25 up for 3 years. After three years, the pricing goes close $300. Unbelievable deceiving offerings for reduction in current pricing. Totally stuck... :(

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pitaj7y ago

On the other hand, the reasons that ISPs are territorial monopolies (local, state, and federal regulatory capture) are hard to address. Splitting territorial monopolies into smaller territorial monopolies is unlikely to help.

renholder7y ago

>Splitting territorial monopolies into smaller territorial monopolies is unlikely to help.

It seemed have helped in the Ma Bell[0] days[1].

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System

anisppp7y ago

Splitting a large monopoly into smaller territorial monopolies gets you all the drawbacks of a monopoly with none of the benefits of centralization. Pretty much a total loss. Improvement in US telecom probably had more to do with demonopolization wholesale at the national level rather than the formation of the baby bells.. which pretty much all failed.

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