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Re:A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broa... by nostromo on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @06:48PM (#24985331)
It's only a monopoly when you're narrowly focused not on internet access, but on fiber specifically.

My goodness you folks will bend over backwards to defend the world's largest corporations censoring journalists. It shows just how illiberal the Democratic Party has become. It's very lonely right now for those of us that believe in freedom of speech as an ideal worth standing up for.

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Re:A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broa... by ceejayoz on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:01PM (#24985425)
> It's only a monopoly when you're narrowly focused not on internet access, but on fiber specifically.

That's not actually what the highlighted quotes say.

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Re:A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broa... by nostromo on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @08:44PM (#24985948)
Check out the FCC's data. Most people have multiple choices for an ISP, except for gigabit speeds.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/50-mi...

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Re:A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broa... by ceejayoz on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @09:50PM (#24986193)
Did you link the wrong article?

Title: "50 million US homes have only one 25Mbps Internet provider or none at all"

Article:

> The household analysis found a slightly better, but still troubling, situation, with nearly half of the 118 million US households lacking any wired Internet choice at the FCC's broadband standard of 25Mbps.

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Re:A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broa... by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @09:50PM (#24986188)
My phone is about to die, but last time I checked FCC's data on ISPs in my area it was quite inaccurate, showing more and faster options than are actually available. Also it included several geo satellite options, which hardly qualify as options.
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