http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/08/proved_right_at.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/08/proved_right_at.html/comment-page-1#comment-1593 Salmo Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:18:31 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/08/proved_right_at.html#comment-1593 <p>Actually, competition in internet access around here is governmentally limited already through a local franchise agreement. Our provider is awful, owing to criminal acts by the original owner, the long term solution for which is evidently to overcharge users until they can adequately maintain and upgrade the servers. Almost everyone would like to see competition, but that is not possible. If it was our town running this deal, we could at least the ballot box. I am surprised by the number of people whose response to my rant on this respond with words to the effect of, "You too?" Market theory is attractive, but we actually are getting a politically managed variant where pay-to-play rules stack the deck against many consumers.</p> Actually, competition in internet access around here is governmentally limited already through a local franchise agreement. Our provider is awful, owing to criminal acts by the original owner, the long term solution for which is evidently to overcharge users until they can adequately maintain and upgrade the servers. Almost everyone would like to see competition, but that is not possible. If it was our town running this deal, we could at least the ballot box. I am surprised by the number of people whose response to my rant on this respond with words to the effect of, “You too?” Market theory is attractive, but we actually are getting a politically managed variant where pay-to-play rules stack the deck against many consumers.

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