usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months 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-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·4 months agoYou nationalize any utility and it becomes a monopoly.
minus-squarerhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoYour point? It is not a corporation, which is what Ma Bell was. Fans of “deregulation” seem to miss this key aspect.
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months 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.