Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition in U.S.

Re:Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition... by trinsic2 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @03:32PM (#40382203)

This is the biggest solution to the problem that many people seem to ignore. If you want your communities to prosper, then the public needs to own the infrastructure that companies provide services for. Full stop.

Anything less is giving companies control over something they should not have control over.

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Re:Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition... by ethbr1 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:44PM (#40384226)

I think there's an argument to be had on 'owned by the public, but operated by private industry.'

Another on 'built by private industry, but owned by the public.'

Government ownership isn't a panacea and has historically faultered when faced with innovative and expert requirements.

But I do think anything that trends towards monopoly makes sense as 'let the public own the simplest level, exposed via standards, and innovation happen above and/or below that.'

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