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title: "Cable companies and telecom ISP's have monopoly power because local…"
date: 2017-12-14
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# Cable companies and telecom ISP's have monopoly power because local…

*December 14, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/](https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/){target="_blank"}
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Cable companies and telecom ISP\'s have monopoly power because local cities have signed sweetheart deals with them. IMO, we\'d be better served by dismantling these monopolies, than by trying to extending them up to the national level.\
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[https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/](https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/){target="_blank"}
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