Quote:It's a government-created monopoly. It's not a "free market" in any sense of the word.


 

Not every business responds to the customer. In a free market, those that don't fail. If Comcast is that bad, why are people still buying their product? The reason is that the city GOVERNMENT has given Comcast a monopoly. Just about every government 'service' is a monopoly. The few that aren't will sometimes respond to competition, as the Post Office has to competition from FedEx and UPS.

 

Can you think of any government 'service' that has noticeably improved since its creation? Not the DMV. Not the federal highway department. Not the VA. Not inner city police departments. Not public schools. Not the Social Security Administration. Not the IRS. Not NASA.

If only those companies had refused those government created monopolies this would have never ever happened. It's not like Comcast tried to buy time warner to create a more real monopoly or anything like that. Real businesses would never attempt to swallow competition. No they relish it right? Wrong. They will do anything and everything to corner a market because that is what a true free market trends to. Common sense regulation is good crony capitalism is bad. 

 

And still their service is terrible. People don't leave because you have to have good internet speeds in this day and age and there is no competition. Comcast likes it that way because they don't have to work very hard to rake in all the money. 

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