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Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet

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In article <lto5e4$nsm$4@solani.org>, RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>Rich <rich@example.invalid> Wrote in message:
>>
>http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet/
>> 
>>    Cable tech could hit a gigabit today, but why bother when customers lack
>>    choice?
>
>
>It's actually kind of amazing: as much as Americans fawn and drool
> over the magic of the 'open economic market,' we sure are prone
> to predatory oligopolies.

...which were, for the most part, the result of the government butting in
and trying to pick winners and losers according to who was willing to pay to
play.  It's kinda hard to blame the "free" market for that when, in reality,
it's anything but free.

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Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-24 22:08 +0000
  Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-25 15:21 +0000
    Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-25 10:54 -0600
      Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-26 17:02 +0100
        Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 21:14 +0000
  Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-08-26 07:41 +0200
  Re:Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 21:02 +0000
    Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-08-29 19:14 +0000

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