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It's not a new problem, but the history of telecoms show exactly why it's a bad solution. Do you really want to go back to the days of AT&T controlling everything?

Do you want a local PUC deciding how fast your internet should and how much it should cost? Do you want them deciding that 5 dollars more a month isn't worth tripling the speed?

It works for power and water because the infrastructure doesn't turn over very fast.

If you had your way in the late 1900's we'd all be on ASDL right now.




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