03-27-2013, 06:29 PM
One commenter said that in Philadelphia, Comcast is the only provider of broadband Internet and cable TV. If that's true, customers and potential customers would be hurt in various ways not easily or neatly wrapped up into a soundbite.
But they DO know they pay more for their service than in other areas. Economies of scale are supposed to come from monopolies. In practice, they don't, because the monopolist isn't incentivized to do perform efficiently. Something for the anti-regulation and anti-municipality ISP crowds to consider.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/...tion-suit/
The class-action lawsuit couldn't prove where the damage came from. It wasn't narrow enough and theorized too much. Personally, I don't blame the Supremes here.
The problem of course is in allowing companies like Comcast to gain so much control that they can't be effectively targeted legally.
But they DO know they pay more for their service than in other areas. Economies of scale are supposed to come from monopolies. In practice, they don't, because the monopolist isn't incentivized to do perform efficiently. Something for the anti-regulation and anti-municipality ISP crowds to consider.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/...tion-suit/
The class-action lawsuit couldn't prove where the damage came from. It wasn't narrow enough and theorized too much. Personally, I don't blame the Supremes here.
The problem of course is in allowing companies like Comcast to gain so much control that they can't be effectively targeted legally.