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comment by Captain_Ozone
Captain_Ozone  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cable Companies: Monopolies That Stifle Competition And Innovation

How come anti-monopoly laws do not apply to these companies? Obviously they are price gouging their own customers in their respective regions, as evidenced by your example. How sub-par and expensive must a service be in order to get government regulators on it?





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4356 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Because while it does seem like a monopoly, it isn't. If a person REALLY wanted to, they could move to another region and use a different provider. Something tells me there's some sort of lobbying going on which is preventing any sort of ISP reform.