usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoBig loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law | ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challengearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziparstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·1 month agoYou nationalize any utility and it becomes a monopoly.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoYour point? It is not a corporation, which is what Ma Bell was. Fans of “deregulation” seem to miss this key aspect.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoYes, but not a monopoly held by private interest who want to milk it for every penny. It would be public and as such much easier to control through democratic means.
You nationalize any utility and it becomes a monopoly.
Your point? It is not a corporation, which is what Ma Bell was. Fans of “deregulation” seem to miss this key aspect.
WTF
Yes, but not a monopoly held by private interest who want to milk it for every penny. It would be public and as such much easier to control through democratic means.