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tadair9197 months, 3 weeks ago
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I live in California, where there is only one cable provider in my area. They have a monopoly on both Internet and cable, and I know several people who don't get Internet because it's just too expensive.
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The reason they have this was because government interfered and refused to allow any competitors lay cable lines. This cable monopoly was written into legislation!
The free market would have allowed competitors, which would have lowered prices and driven up quality.
I really like the idea of everyone having access to the internet. But if we subsidize the costs of internet by making tax-payers pay, then we will only be further rewarding the monolithic cable providers in California (at least.)
Shouldn't we, instead, push to end cable-monopolies and allow other cable companies to compete for market-share?
Maybe then, people would be able to afford it. I mean, Internet used to be $20. Now it's 3x that!-
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gamahuche7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Guess we're still lucky here!
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We have a computer shop downstairs and a cable from their back window up into hours.
Less than 20 dollars a month and 2 of us work pretty continuously on it with a router.
Any problems and we give a tug on the cord! -
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memestryker7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Everything is so expensive that I've considered just ending my cable TV service (but keeping the internet).
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You can still get very cheap dialup with turbo speed. I use it on my laptop when I don't have any other access while traveling. Even PeoplePC offers a cheap service that has broad coverage. It's available via local phone lines in most (but not all) places. If I have to use pay-for-service long distance, I set it to just jump online, download my email, and logoff. That works with newsgroups, too, but not propeller.
There is also a growing number of satellite ISPs, and even the larger companies, like Verizon, for example, are starting to offer more satellite service.
Of course, there is nothing like broadband. -
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