Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "" video.
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The fact of the matter, internet like roads, schools, ports, water, sewers, trash violate every competitive market principle, they're natural monopolies, they require huge economies of scale, and the bigger volume of customers the cheaper the per unit price and better quality on upkeep, upgrade, and expansion, too much externality costs and benefits, running more and more cable to do the same thing becomes incredibly inefficient as water, sewer, trash, etc. in fact most places including cable and DSL actually share each other's fiber optic and major trunk lines as well as switch into major university routing hubs that are paid, thank you pigs who make money off our tax dollars and want to screw us harder, by our taxes.
Just as healthcare violates every competitive market.
There is a thing called economics, the empirical philosophy (a type of science that isn't necessarily a discrete physical science since it's like mathematics, a complete construct of human, math is a philosophy as it is arbitrary that we have chosen the base 10 number system as primary mode, probably because of our ten digits of our hands).
Basic economics explains for profit motive is only provides desirable results (better quality, cheaper supply, cheaper costs, cheaper upkeep, etc.) only and if only the market does not violate any competitive market principles; as long as they're competitive.
When they are not, then for profit motive does the opposite compared to other models like a collective government owned structure or highly regulated structure with lots of free-be subsidies to grow their stuff, like the railroads enjoy even today, but especially during the 1800's.
The internet is 54% of the US a monopoly, and the rest a duopoly at best. Even under oligopolies you tend to pay higher prices at below standards if not properly regulated or even having a city, state, national provider.
The internet and world wide web was invented by tax payer money from the DOD (internet and email via the program called ARPNET) and foreign scientific agency CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research (world wide web). They additionally created email as well as the internet. Many major Internet exchange point, hubs in most 1st world are still located on or co-operated with public universities, some have been eaten up by private sectors to which they none of the major for profit companies know who owns what, in fact none of them own any of it because its the same equipment, so they form a co-op between these private corporations paying a equal membership fee, socialize the losses and the costs, and privatize the profits.
So it is entirely appropriate to regulate the internet under title ii of the communications act of 1934. Doing otherwise would be grossly inappropriate to scientific and philosophical empirical understanding, it would be subscribing to overt racketeering.
In fact, the backbone of the internet should actually be owned and operated by a co-op structure under a quasi-government board to ensure protection for hacking, government and private spying, and constitutionality of the use of the internet is properly carried out such as protection against unlawful search and seizure. And as critically, aid in expanding broadband internet services to all areas of the country including outside the continental US, and ensure is upkeep, and benefit from huge economy of scale as to be able to pass on the lower cost per unit to having the lowest price per unit to end users and business users alike.
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