Comment Re:Who names those ships? (Score 5, Informative) 80
Erebus == Greek god of Darkness
Things like electricity supply are monopolies by their very nature. Most people can't choose to have another company's cables hooked up to their house.
Here in the UK, we can choose exactly this.
This is because the gubmint (in their infinite wisdom) separated the cables from the suppliers.
Thus we have National Grid in charge of distribution, but consumers buy power from one of dozens of energy suppliers.
What the gods would destroy they first submit to an IEEE standards committee.