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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by gtaylor on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @04:50PM (#5567135)
Except that the "new monopolist" is currently thrashing the "old monopolist". It's almost like they are having to... compete.

Also, they bought out a municipal fiber outfit. They're not kicking competitors out. They're just completely outclassing them.

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Re:Google Fiber announced for Provo, Utah by awaythrowme on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @08:55PM (#5568342)
The problem is that when a company owns the last mile it has a natural monopoly. An incumbent being overthrown isn't the same as having long lasting competition.
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