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That’s what I want to know. I’ll save the soapbox speech and just leave it at isn’t this why monopoly laws exist?


The issue is that the cable companies have monopolies set in law already. There are numerous regulations designed to stop any new last-mile telecom companies from starting up, which literally guarantees a monopoly for the few companies that already exist in the vast majority of the US. As good as Net Neutrality sounds in theory, all we really need to do is drop the regulations and allow new players to enter the game and the market will fix it for itself.


Unenforced laws might as well not exist.

See: Monopoly/duopoly of telecom in the USA, net neutrality protections, and the speed limit signs on 280.


> Unenforced laws might as well not exist.

until they are selectively enforced.




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