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Re:Groups funded by the Koch brothers are campaigning agains... by stuaxo on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:16AM (#15950858)
Have a look at Thailand for the effects of way-less effective regulation.

Street furniture and cables all over the pedestrian areas and cars and bikes everywhere else. Huge concrete overpasses, litter and pollution.

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Re:Groups funded by the Koch brothers are campaigning agains... by sitepodmatt on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:27AM (#15951162)
In the railway context I believe SRT is government operated including track and trains so they follow a mandate rather then regulation. I took a new train from BKK to Hua Hin a few months ago, quite a pleasant ride to be fair. The cables are a problem, but I suspect it led to faster broadband and FFTH rollout, to give an example I was one of the first True customers and they ran a coaxial cable about 0.25km to the house, it took less than two hours, you couldnt do that if it was underground. Sometimes these things work.
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