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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by JohnFen on Friday March 08, 2019 @11:57AM (#19339339)
> The trend in broadband has been more competition.

I'm not in SV, but this is 100% not true in my area. Where I live, my choice for broadband providers consists of Comcast. There is no alternative, nor is there any sign that competition is coming.

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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by uerobert on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:20PM (#19339611)
Why do you think that is?
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by JohnFen on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:38PM (#19341399)
I don't know -- I have no data to even speculate on. But I do know that there's nothing unusual about my situation. It's common across the country.
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Re:Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Am... by ABCLAW on Friday March 08, 2019 @01:31PM (#19340516)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_allocation_scheme

Only that you don't need an agreement to make it happen. Tacit understanding works just as well.

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