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Not sure if they could compete... would


Comcast allow the competitor to use their infrastructure?

(In response to this post by WestEndHokie39)

Posted: 12/14/2017 at 12:42PM



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  More government control? Good riddance! -- EDGEMAN 12/14/2017 5:46PM
  I am waiting for the day where Cox blocks TSL -- VTHokie2000 12/14/2017 3:30PM
  Nothing worse than a Cox-block ** -- vt90 12/14/2017 3:36PM
  6,000 zimas or 3 bitcoins ** -- fordham 12/14/2017 3:31PM
  The majority of the FCC are right win free marketers -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 1:54PM
  A way to filter content- same as TV and newspapers ** -- bigbadbird 12/14/2017 2:09PM
  4 out of 5 on the commission are Obama appointees -- JoesterVT 12/14/2017 2:05PM
  No, I know Carr and Pai are Trump appointtes -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:11PM
  I said below I was wrong -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:26PM
  Pai was previously on the FCC during the Obama administration -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/14/2017 2:12PM
  You are right, he was a member under Obama -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:18PM
  He formerly worked for.........Verizon ** -- 48zip 12/14/2017 2:20PM
  To be fair, former FCC Chair Wheeler headed up the NCTA... -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/14/2017 3:25PM
  And? They are an ISP and cable provider ** -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:24PM
  Just an observation. ** -- 48zip 12/14/2017 6:26PM
  Well, I guess we see how this decision goes... ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 1:24PM
  Seriously? What's going on now? ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/14/2017 1:07PM
  I think I could see this happening. ** -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:27PM
  The threat of exclusive deals do seem troublesome. -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:26PM
  Let the market dictate the service... -- Major Kong 12/14/2017 12:07PM
  Folks all of my post were Poe's Law. ☺ ** -- Major Kong 12/14/2017 2:24PM
  Correct- but now we are overregulating business resulting -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 2:05PM
  Market forces would be fine if competition exists.... -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/14/2017 1:03PM
  ISPs are an industry with a *very* high barrier to entry... -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/14/2017 3:29PM
  Which Comcast solved by buying content creators -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:20PM
  It'll be ok ManBearPig. Chin up, Buttercup. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 12/14/2017 2:29PM
  Yeah, it'll be okay, worse, but still okay. ** -- jmanatVT 12/14/2017 2:31PM
  Did I take a cheap shot at you in this thread? ** -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:31PM
  As I am ranting against ISP's, here and on twitter -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:46PM
  But you trust the government? Oy vey! ** -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:21PM
  Three reasons -- Beerman 12/14/2017 12:32PM
  Yep- and if the market was not regulated as a utility -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:39PM
  Nope, Google tried with Google fiber -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 1:59PM
  Right- in a free market, Comcast could not do that... ** -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 2:02PM
  Why do people discuss free markets constantly -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:22PM
  Not sure if they could compete... would -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:42PM
  Forgive my ignorance on this part of your question -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:46PM
  I assume they would either have to contract out that -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:51PM
  Sure... I’ll take a stab at it -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:31PM
  It happened prior to this rules being in place -- Manbearpig 12/14/2017 2:05PM
  As I understand it, before 2015, the net neutrality rules -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:38PM
  Exactly- the monopoly status is the issue, IMHO...as Beerman -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:44PM
  But ... you could force them into the Baby Bells -- HokieHutch 12/14/2017 12:52PM
  Why do you hate markets... -- Major Kong 12/14/2017 12:11PM
  I don't hate markets... I encourage them.... -- HokieSignGuy 12/14/2017 12:22PM
  Regulatory capture- net neutrality would -- WestEndHokie39 12/14/2017 12:34PM
  There's always Alexa ** -- 48zip 12/14/2017 12:43PM

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