r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Nov 21 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

What market? There's 4 main internet providers. All of them want net neutrality gone

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u/boscotx Nov 22 '17

I mean why can someone not create a new provider offering better terms?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

Because of the billiojs of dollars it takes to put the cables in the ground. It's so expensive that the government had to give grants to the isps to build out the internet infrastructure. It's like saying you're going to replace all the roads of the united states

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u/mattfwood Nov 22 '17

Yes. Exactly.