Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[JC Dill <jcdill.lists () gmail com>]

 On 15/12/10 9:29 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> The underlying problem, of course, is lack of usable last-mile competition;

I agree.

> see also my running rant about Verizon-inspired state laws *forbidding*
> municipalities to charter monopoly transport-only fiber providers, renting
> to all comers on non-discriminatory terms, which is the only practical
> way I can see to fix any of this.

The problem is that this should have been addressed 5-10 years ago, when 
there *were* alternative ISPs who could have provided competition.  Now 
that Comcast has a monopoly on cable, and fiber is so bleeping expensive 
to install, at best we might get *one* alternative to Comcast, and a 
duopoly is really no better (for consumers, for the marketplace) than a 
monopoly.

jc