Comment Re:non-profit organization (Score 1) 49
Like the Methuselah Foundation?
Sorry, Occam's Razor says absolutely nothing about what's most likely, in this case or any other.
The original formulation of Occam's Razor may not, but the modern probability-theoretic formulation does. See Minimum Message Length.
Wealth is virtue; there can be nothing wrong with how the wealthy acquire or use their wealth; there is nothing to repent, and thus there is no possibility that the robber baron will change.
"Ayn Rand style Objectivism" holds that acquiring wealth from anything other than voluntary trade is evil. Ayn Rand wouldn't like the current collusion between corporations and governments any more than you do.
So, the highly regulated telecommunications industries of Australia and Europe are in better shape and a lot more competitive then the poorly regulated US industry and this tells you regulation is a bad thing. I know I can go into any major Australian city and get coverage on any telco yet US telco's consider the line "fewest dropouts" to be a sign of a good network.
There is *zero* competition in ISP infrastrucure in AU. With the exception of two suburbs in Sydney, the entire internet infrastructure in this country is owned and operated by Telstra. ISPs occasionally own the "last mile" connection, but to provide internet access they have to buy it from Telstra. Hence Telstra being pissed at the National Broadband Network.
With your bare hands?!?
