Re:I wonder (Score 1)

ANYONE remember the railroad tycoons!? (Infrastructure costs, competing standards, heavy legal expenses, heavy government lobby actions, absurd ticket prices). Is so identical its scary. If the government controls the medium through which the travel occurs (and hopefully free access to all) competition becomes MORE intense. There are cases where government intervention speeds competition. And probably, just like the railroads, this is an ideal situation for it. On the flip side. Can you imagine the complete opposite direction? What if Ford or Chevy where responsible for building the roads! Can you imagine being forced to take certain routes just because you drove a certain brand of car?! What if Ford's roads where better than Chevy's? Its ludi-crzy-insane of course. COMODITIZE the medium and the market place begins to compete on the other areas. ie: ALL roads being equal, what matters to you? Speed, reliability, etc. ie: ALL broadband infrastructure being equal, what matters to you? Speed, reliability, etc. The only time it makes sense to allow for fierce competition over the medium is early on when the "best" medium is still being sorted out? Are we still in that phase? (This might be a better question).