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Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US by anoncake on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:45PM (#24984911)
No, it's due to privatization. The Bundespost would simply lay cables because they're needed, without any silly market games.
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Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US by MrBuddyCasino on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:37AM (#24987621)
The Bundespost would have you rent a slow, outdated modem and disallowed connecting any devices from the private market.

Source: this is was actually happened when they still had the monopoly.

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Re:Starlink Beta Has Outperformed Most Internet in the US by anoncake on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:22AM (#24987820)
It did, yes, but that policy could have easily been changed without privatization. Private companies often had the same policy ("Routerzwang") until the state stopped them. Whereas misaligned incentives are a direct consequence of trying to manage a natural monopoly using markets.
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