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Originally Posted by masraum
You're probably correct about the laws. Internet here is usually limited, and somewhat of a monopoly. If you want high speed, you may have few options, mostly being either the telephone company or a cable TV company, with relatively few others. I think most folks will have 1-4 options, and a lot of folks may only have 1 good option for their location depending upon the location which means if you want HS Internet, you pay whatever they charge or you don't have HS Internet.
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I remember the "olden days" when 100% of all telephone equipment was owned by Bell Telephone. We were only allowed to rent the phone in our home every month, and long distance was crazy expensive. It was actually illegal for me to hook my 300 BAUD modem I owned to the phone system on a home line!
Bell telephone was broken up, and they reassembled themselves back into AT&T and have lots of competition. Long distance is now free, and that huge chunk of income is just rolled into the cost of internet and phone service.