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Harvard law professor on the growing dangers of a cable monopoly for internet access

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  • #2
    Mathiasb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Mathiasb


    It's not surprising. When there is no competition, the company doesn't have to do anything to improve their service. They can charge whatever they want.

    It's the same as with a government. No competition, they set all the rules. Hence, all products/services from all governments are ****e compared to what they could be, if they were private.


  • #3
    probe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭probe


    Mathiasb wrote: »
    It's not surprising. When there is no competition, the company doesn't have to do anything to improve their service. They can charge whatever they want.

    It's the same as with a government. No competition, they set all the rules. Hence, all products/services from all governments are ****e compared to what they could be, if they were private.

    At a pinch, one can do without most government services. Buy some land. Grow your own food. Get water from a well. Educate your children in-house. Use private hospitals. Get TV and radio from satellite. When the roads grow over with grass and are potholed, get a 4X4 – hopefully electric, charged up from solar cells and / or a windmill by then. Next generation ATC systems will allow aircraft to navigate the sky by transmitting data to each other rather than using ground based control systems. Failing that, pick a spot by the sea, with a sail boat to get around.

    However you can’t create your own internet/broadband service. Satellite connectivity delivers an appallingly slow internet service with high latency.

    There is no alternative to open access fibre….


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