scott wrote:
> That will only happen if all ISPs work together to fix the prices, which 
> is strictly illegal under EU law. 

How many network connections do you actually have access to in your house. I 
only have a TV cable and a wire for the phone. I could probably get a fiber 
installed, but maybe not. And I could probably get a cellular wireless 
connection to the internet from two different companies. Everything but the 
wireless is a government-enforced monopoly.

Five mega companies aren't a whole lot of choice. Not like newspapers, which 
I can get from anywhere in the country and probably the world.

> As I said, there would then be an irresistable opportunity for some 
> company to make a shed-load of profit.

Only if you were actually allowed to. Are you allowed to start a new company 
that runs fiber into everyone's house?

> Being an ISP is not like, say, providing live coverage of a sporting 
> event, there is no restriction to how many companies can offer it.

Are you sure?

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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