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[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Yes but have you ever thought about if it was a truly free market? We could have 20+ electric providers all with their own dedicated infrastructure and telephone poles competing with each other! That would make perfect sense and I am very smart dot libertarian

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Funniest thing is that we can compare it somewhat to internet providers, and of course it works like predicted, local providers each had their own nets, the access was shitty, expensive and had barely any coverage, then the big companies like phone and tv providers came in and locals bankrupted instantly except the rare cases of those that got public support (from the local administration) and access to public infrastructure.

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It's probably better to just let the 'market decide' and by that I mean use public infrastructure and tax money to prop up private enterprise and then give them monopoly power to determine monthly rates for broadband while insuring no competition by subsidy and zero antitrust enforcement

I mean, it's awesome right? Best. internet. Evar

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

it's important not to forget that the infrastructure was initially public but then just handed over to the telecoms. we could have just had public internet the entire time.

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