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Re:FTC Seeks to Examine the Privacy Practices of U.S. Broadb... by reaperducer on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:11PM (#19496064)
anyone receiving a local monopoly from a municipality has to agree to make service available in the entire city.

This is not true. Manhattan, for example, had multiple cable providers for a very long time, until they were merged/bought.

Chicago currently has multiple cable providers: Comcast and RCN. Possibly a third.

There is no requirement for a city to give all of its territory to one company other than poor negotiating skills.

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Re:FTC Seeks to Examine the Privacy Practices of U.S. Broadb... by exelius on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:00PM (#19496415)
But none of those companies serve the same addresses, so there’s no competition.
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