ISPs are natural monopolies. That's not to say the government shouldn't do anyth...

dec0dedab0de · on Nov 10, 2022

ISPS are almost a natural monopoly, until you consider that many municipalities have exclusive deals with one or two of them.

Even if someone had the startup costs, they would literally not be allowed to compete because of collusion between government and entrenched business.

bombcar · on Nov 11, 2022

Literally entrenched - someone has to run the wires and dig the holes.

OkayPhysicist · on Nov 10, 2022

Then they should be nationalized. The market cannot be trusted with quintessential market failures. Public infrastructure should be just that: public.