Comment Re:standard operating procedure for monopolies (Score 1) 182
no one has the money to rebuild an entire redundant fiber rollout
you would need to sink billions to just begin to compete, with no guarantee of a profit (and less with predatory pricing shutting you down)
it's called a natural monopoly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...
the financial barrier to market entry is too high
nevermind no one wants their streets constantly torn up to lay competing fiber even if there were multiple googles willing to try to compete as just a sideshow because they have a large cushion of billions in the bank
the problem you identify as the government is actually the corporations: they corrupt and bribe local and state officials
how is that the corporation corrupting your government is the fault of government? you want to remove the corruption and corruptors, not remove the regulations and the government. those are the only things protecting you
this is the problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
so you want to pass laws against that, and enforce them. i didn't say that was easy, but it's certainly a hell of a lot better than no government regulation and complete uncontrollable and unstoppable oligopolies that rip customers even more and abuse start up competitors even more, with no accountability or redress (since you removed the government regulation)
if you like capitalism, and i do, what you do is you have the government own the fiber, and maintain it. then various companies lease fractional portions of the cable and offer various services. that pays for the infrastructure. kind of like how we handle wireless spectrum: auction off portions of it. that's how you have fair competition
but that fair competition only works with a platform provided by the government