Quote:If it is illegal, why does Alachua County allow it?

 

I said it's "technically" the forming of a monopoly which are supposed to be illegal. They get around it by doing open bids allowing several companies to bid on servicing city or county phone lines. Never mind only one company wins that bid and thus the consumer only has one option in most cases, it's a gray area much of law falls into.

 

Good news is as technology advances problems like this become less, you now have traditional cable companies competing with fiber optic cable, satellites, net streaming services, and so on.

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