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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by AnimalMuppet on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:14PM (#23575888)
And the phone company? Aren't they a private company that uses private wires?
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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by throw0101a on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:25PM (#23589222)
Most phone companies (and cables) were granted local monopolies that allowed them to build out infrastructure and amortized the cost over decades. (Actually, in the US, there was only a phone company for a long time: AT&T.)

These were regulated monopolies.

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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by aspenmayer on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:13PM (#23595458)
Which came first, the monopoly or the regulatory capture?
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