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Originally Posted by BlackTalon
The problem is cable companies fronted the cost of installing all the cable. It was a huge capital investment, so in order to get payback the companies were given monopolies. So it's hard to have Free Market Capitalism on lines that Comcast, TWC, etc. own.
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The cable itself needs to be regulated like any other utility monopoly. What we choose to buy over the cable should be up to us, not up to the company that owns the cable. My gas and electricity get here just fine and the gas and electric companies make a nice profit. That model should work just fine for cable operators.