Comcast Tries to Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband

Re:Comcast Tries to Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband by gt_ on Saturday October 28, 2017 @12:59AM (#15574046)

This aligns with the new crony financialism of the 70s and New Deal of the 30s, but makes not much sense before that. It’s a nice digestable notion that correlates with cycles of generational empowerment but not much else. I’m open to the idea, but a bit more scope gives a picture of an industrial empire in a decadent phase.

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Re:Comcast Tries to Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband by mseebach on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:07AM (#15574876)

Once a pattern like that has been noticed and (crucially) correctly analysed, it tends to disappear, as the affected actors modify their behaviour in response to this analysis.

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Re:Comcast Tries to Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband by gt_ on Sunday October 29, 2017 @02:43PM (#15580638)

Alright, that is rational. So, why are there so many exceptions to this rule?For example, why is this limited to America? Is this because America has such a free market? And if that’s the case, where did this overwhelming inequality and monopoly dominance come from?

I’m sorry, but this is just incredibly simplistic reasoning and i think deserves some testing and scrutiny. Maybe you’re right, but please explain.

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Re:Comcast Tries to Derail Fort Collins Community Broadband by Top19 on Saturday October 28, 2017 @12:58PM (#15575758)

That is something I’ve thought about too. Kind of like passive investing / index funds. It works great, but if everyone is doing it, then it loses it’s original purpose and distorts market prices.

I will say once patterns are discovered they tend to be forgotten as well, so modification can stop happening.

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