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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3062818" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Just like if SWBell and OG&E own the cables, there will never be another power company or phone company?</p><p></p><p>What? There's precedent for one company owning the infrastructure, but letting other (competing) companies use it so long as they pay an appropriate amount to the infrastructure owner for its use? No way!</p><p></p><p>I agree that state-granted monopolies (the <em>only</em> monopolies with any staying power) are a bad idea; the solution is to either de-monopolize; a workaround is to make those franchise grants conditional. Giving companies freedom to do as they will while simultaneously shielding them from competition is a disaster in the making.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3062818, member: 13624"] Just like if SWBell and OG&E own the cables, there will never be another power company or phone company? What? There's precedent for one company owning the infrastructure, but letting other (competing) companies use it so long as they pay an appropriate amount to the infrastructure owner for its use? No way! I agree that state-granted monopolies (the [I]only[/I] monopolies with any staying power) are a bad idea; the solution is to either de-monopolize; a workaround is to make those franchise grants conditional. Giving companies freedom to do as they will while simultaneously shielding them from competition is a disaster in the making. [/QUOTE]
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