Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
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Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
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[–] G4 ago
Yeah, this won't do a thing.
Even if they did "break off into smaller companies", do you really think they won't just pick their own areas to control and become local monopolies? It makes sense to do this, even if you're a competing ISP. When you control an entire area's Internet connection, they are your bitch. You own them and their money.
[–] dabork 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
It's worked before and it turned out just fine. Look into the anti trust suit involving BellSouth. They had the phone market by the nuts but eventually people got fed up and they had to break apart which opened the door wide for competition.