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blibblub t1_j5vd2b1 wrote

Reply to comment by another_new_username in Google sued by US Dept of Justice over web ad monopoly by stran___g

Your electric, water, gas company are highly regulated. They can’t just raise your rates unless there’s good reason and they need permission often. Your ISP choices should be more than one.. if not you can get satellite, fios etc.

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Banana42 t1_j5wn6eb wrote

"Good reason." Privately owned utilities are a sham

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mauginra t1_j5xajuz wrote

The "good reason" is that if there were multiple companies in one area, since they are private, they wouldn't share telephone poles, water mains, sewage systems, gas lines... the list goes on. Each company would have their own, and it would be a mess.

I agree that it would be better to have a socialized utility system, but if it's private, it is actually better to have one highly regulated company.

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ForGoodies t1_j5xlmjz wrote

in what city is there more than one provider providing adequate speeds

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blibblub t1_j5zpod3 wrote

I don't know about the rest of the country. I do know in my city.

At my house I had spectrum and switched over to FIOS. I also have the option for Directv. So that's 3 providers. I don't know how good Directv would be though since its satellite but both spectrum and FIOS are super fast.

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