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Re:Nationalize the internet by astrodust on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:19PM (#15777437)
What if they merge? Then what?
Re:Nationalize the internet by grizzlylabs on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:46PM (#15777601)
Anti-Trust?
Re:Nationalize the internet by astrodust on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:54PM (#15777635)
What if the government isn't interested in that?
Re:Nationalize the internet by rhino369 on Saturday November 25, 2017 @03:41PM (#15777874)
Civil law suits.
Re:Nationalize the internet by astrodust on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:10PM (#15777999)
That's going to be really hard when the court is stacked with those sympathetic to the conglomerate because it can buy unlimited political influence.

This is not the case when there's a multitude of smaller players that have a vested interest in maintaining a competitive marketplace, or where they're all boxed in by regulations so that investors don't get wild ideas about unlimited potential profits.