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ceejayoz
9mo ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly
It's not impossible. But it's hard.
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acdha
9mo ago
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How would that work short of them buying most of the fiber in the world? A natural monopoly is a big problem for ISPs but they don’t do last-mile and they don’t appear to be anywhere close to being able to manipulate thr transit market.
ceejayoz
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9mo ago
> How would that work short of them buying most of the fiber in the world?
Did Google need that to dominate search?
acdha
9mo ago
No, and they didn’t have a natural monopoly there either.
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