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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by DontchaKnowit on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @09:49AM (#40658139)
Not for nothin, but it is not an uncommon opinion that regulation is the root cause :

Regulation = high barrier to entry in industry = monopoly/oligopoly = all telecoms are bastards.

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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by thatguy0900 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:15PM (#40659766)
Isn't there kind of a fundamental issue here that spectrum is a limited resource? How many competitors can there be when youre initial investment has to be a massive amount for a usable section of it
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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by lovethevoid on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:21PM (#40659843)
Regulation isn’t the root cause, and it usually never is the root cause as regulations are always made in reaction to, not usually proactively.
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