Someone told me only one industry is allowed to have monopolies: utilities. That means electric, gas, water, and telephone. Now I am confused. The same company that I get phone service from also set up my TV and Internet service, which are not regulated by Florida's Public Services Commission. So cable companies can't monopolize if they only offer TV and Internet service, but can if they also work with landline phones? The problem with that is all of them do it now. Gone are the days when people had one company for phone, another for TV, and a third for Internet.

 

If federal law is allowing this, President Obama should get a letter from me. I will never understand what benefit the monopoly serves to Cox and Comcast customers.

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