Comments on: Internet service should be a regulated utility http://xercestech.com/internet-service-utility.geek Stuff geeks care about Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:24:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeremiah http://xercestech.com/internet-service-utility.geek/comment-page-1#comment-1162 Jeremiah Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:13:01 +0000 http://tech.xerces.com/?p=796#comment-1162 ISPs who are granted local monopolies basically already are regulated utilities. If your city council didn't like what the ISPs were doing, they would have granted the monopoly to some other company. The solution for crappy ISPs is more competition, not less. Try suggesting that, however, and watch how quickly your local monopoly ISP tells you it's a bad idea. Having a local monopoly and/or being a "regulated utility" is easy money, but if they had to compete they'd lose. ISPs who are granted local monopolies basically already are regulated utilities. If your city council didn’t like what the ISPs were doing, they would have granted the monopoly to some other company.

The solution for crappy ISPs is more competition, not less. Try suggesting that, however, and watch how quickly your local monopoly ISP tells you it’s a bad idea. Having a local monopoly and/or being a “regulated utility” is easy money, but if they had to compete they’d lose.

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